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Civil way: 26 July 2024

26 July 2024 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8081 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Updates reach 170; Shorter transcripts, please; Special account rate cut; Moor matrimonialisation

SLOW LEARNING

Before former minister Lord Bellamy KC removed the sandwich crumbs from his drawers, to make way for the lunches of Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, he managed to sign off the CPR’s 170th PD update, which came into force on 18 July 2024. It extends to 1 October 2025 the pilots for online civil money claims—around for seven years so they are beginning to get the hang of things—and damages claims. As to the former, the case progression and application features which have hitherto applied only in the early adopter courts are rolled out nationally, except for the county court at Birmingham, which must tantalisingly wait a bit longer.


MAKE IT SHORT

Try out this direction at your next case management conference and see whether you get your Green Book slapped. ‘The judgment of the trial judge shall be confined to no more than 2,000 folios.’ You see, the cost of obtaining a transcript of the judgment (essential

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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