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08 May 2008 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7320 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Civil Way: 9 May 2008

Bloody Laws >> Bank charges here to stay >> Friendship the Mckenzie way >> Commercial debt interest ruling >> sex discriminators hit for six

LAWBITES
Blood money

A scientific test to establish parentage under a Family Law Reform Act 1969, s 20 direction has to be carried out by an accredited body. In other situations, an unaccredited body can do the job, but do steer clear of Jekyll, Hyde & Co or the court may be unimpressed.
Complement Genomics Ltd of Sunderland trading as Dadcheck (really) has just been added to the accredited list. And to celebrate the occasion, in came the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/972) on 25 April 2008. They hike the accredited tester’s fee from £27.50 to £37.90 per sample; scrap the dispensation for a subject under 12 months to have their photograph attached to the direction form relating to them before the sample is taken; and require each sample to be placed in not only a container that is suitable but waterproof to

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Construction team bolstered by hire of senior consultant duo

Switalskis—four appointments

Switalskis—four appointments

Firm expands residential conveyancing team with quadruple appointment

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

Private client team welcomes senior associatein Worcester

NEWS
The controversial Mazur ruling, which caused widespread uncertainty about the role of non-solicitors in litigation work, has been overturned on appeal
Two landmark social media cases in the US could influence social media regulation in the UK, lawyers predict
Barristers have urged the government to set up Nightingale-style specialist courts, with jury trials, to prioritise rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse trials
Victims of violent crimes who suffer life-changing injuries receive less than half the financial support today than those in the 1990s, according to a senior personal injury lawyer
Rising numbers of cases, an increase in litigants in person and an overall lack of investment is piling pressure on the family court, the Law Society has warned
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