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Civil Way: 12 February 2021

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

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
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
Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors examine recent international relocation cases where allegations of domestic abuse shaped outcomes
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
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