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Civil way: 20 September 2024

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20 September 2024 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8086 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , Employment , Family , Brexit , EU
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Plenty of tips; Less conduct on divorce; Latest CPR changes; 171st CPR PD update

TIPPING MENU

Appetisers If you fail to recognise your waiter or waitress, it will be because of the broad smile on their face. The man choking at the corner table is an employment tribunal judge, whose friend has just texted with the advice that if he is going to retire, doing it within the next couple of months would be wise. And the solicitor behind you who has ordered the 25-course tasting menu with recommended wines for each is celebrating the addition of tipping claims to their niche practice of flight delay, PPI and car finance commission (which could

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NLJ this week: Justice delayed, justice denied
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