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10 February 2021 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7920 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Civil Way: 12 February 2021

Facelift for N244; Cross-class cram down news; The knowing waive; Win for QBD Guide; Flexible tenancy appeal; Staying with possession

THE N244: LATEST

We awoke 100 litigators at home, midday, and asked them to name a court form. 49 said notice of appeal; 51 said application notice. Yes, the N244 has it and, more importantly, the form has just been revamped. Social media criticism of the revised version is unjustified. It is good to look at, rather trendy and can be expected to be aped by other forms to come. Its main claim to fame is that it contains the new statement of truth. May be that slightly strays from the CPR PD 22 order of wording but that’s alright. The paragraph 10 space for supporting evidence has been enlarged; there’s some data protection nonsense about how HMCTS uses personal information provided in the form (surely they’re not behind those scam calls I have been receiving to say my telephone line is about to be cut off?); and it is impliedly

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Anthony Collins—William Hallett & Lorna Scully

Anthony Collins—William Hallett & Lorna Scully

Anthony Collins hires two talented legal directors

Switalskis—five appointments

Switalskis—five appointments

Firm expands national abuse compensation team

Mathys & Squire—nine promotions

Mathys & Squire—nine promotions

IP firm announces new partners and senior promotions across UK offices

NEWS
A High Court ruling has sent a jolt through the legal profession after a newly qualified solicitor used an internal AI tool to produce court correspondence containing a fabricated legal citation
A significant data privacy ruling has clarified what counts as valid consent under UK data protection law
Executors may be overlooking billions of pounds in estate assets hidden in forgotten investments and misplaced share certificates
Britain’s booming non-surgical cosmetics market is operating in what some critics describe as a regulatory ‘Wild West’
Family contact disputes are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of Court of Protection litigation
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