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19 January 2024 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8055 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Civil way: 19 January 2024

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TUPE changes; CPR and tribunal rules; FRC invasion imminent; X-examination peanuts; AI reaches the law; Head bashing; CPR Pt 71 under the microscope

DEVELOPMENTS LITE

New year presents for the boss The Employment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1426) came into force on 1 January 2024. They reform consultation requirements under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/246) for post-30 June 2024 transfers. The circumstances in which employers can inform and consult directly with employees will extend to businesses with fewer than 50 employees, and also where there are fewer than ten employees transferring. Other reforms are to record keeping requirements and annual leave and holiday pay requirements under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833).

Calm down! Yes, the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 4) Rules 2023 (SI 2023/1397) did come into force on 20 December 2023. However, unless you have a niche practice in court proceedings relating to state threats prevention measures, as introduced by the National Security Act 2023,

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

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Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced

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Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire

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Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership

NEWS
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NLJ this week: Renters’ Rights revolution begins—brace for tribunal chaos
he abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC
NLJ this week: Civil procedure gets a spring overhaul
Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
NLJ this week: Why GP complaints are going nowhere
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
NLJ this week: Prenups meet a jurisdictional brick wall
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
NLJ this week: Has Rylands v Fletcher come back from the dead?
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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