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Civil way: 22 September 2023

22 September 2023 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8041 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Look, no judge; If it won’t work, scrap it; CPO compensation up; Statutory demand set asides; Deemed service gets dodgier; New ET forms; DJ gigs

THE INSIDIOUS GAG

A guide from the bosses to judicial conduct has been around and frequently ignored for 20 years. Now it has been revised ‘to reflect changes in wider aspects of judicial and public life’ and to be thrown at the erring judicial office holder when being carpeted. ‘But you did say it was not a code, my Lord.’ It even catches beaks and coroners and, wait for it, retired judicial office holders who are encouraged to refer to it so as to avoid any activity that may tarnish the reputation of the judiciary. I’ve read it. 26 pages. Gender-specific pronouns, removed. Some of my old columns, removed.

What’s the point of getting in a gallery of prints to stick up on the wall and a cornucopia of canapés when you cannot rely on the services of a breathing judge in attendance? Office-holders are told

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
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