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Civil way_23 July 2021

23 July 2021 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7942 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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‘Do you have a conscience today?’; Judgment for defenceless defendant; Pleading service charges; Flight delay reg; Pre-hearing entertainment; Cafcass okay(ish)

LOOK, NO BIBLE

Your next remote CVP (cloud video platform) may be a bit different if civil, family and tribunal judges and the occasional magistrate, along with staff, follow the new script which has been issued to them. A possible smack across the mouse for failure to introduce; reminders to be in a quiet and private area, mobiles and other distractors to be off, hearing being recorded, no personal recording or publication, serious nature of importance of hearing not changed by video conduct; enquiry as to whether everyone can hear clearly; chat function to be used to notify any technical issues; everyone playing to state name and role (should bring out the worse in non-mol respondents); place yourself on mute when not speaking; and avoid talking over another party (but, curiously, not another party’s lawyer). But as Melanie might observe ‘Look what they’ve done to my oath, ma.’

Witnesses to be giving

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

NEWS
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome
After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously
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