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11 January 2007 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7255 / Categories: Features , Civil way
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Civil way: 12 January 2007

District Judge Stephen Gold with an antidote to seasonal excess—new tribunals

LAWBITES

An extra 3.6% in the sack The annual retail prices index uplift in employment tribunal compensation limits means 3.6% more when the chop date is after 31 January 2007. The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2006 (SI 2006/3045) is there for a curse or blessing depending on which side of the work gates you stand. So, for example, the ceiling for the unfair dismissal compensatory award rises from £58,400 to £60,600 and a week’s pay, used to calculate redundancy payments, the unfair dismissal basic and elusive additional awards and the state’s liability to settle wages owed by an insolvent employer, is up from £290 to £310.

Minor money of major interest There may be an appreciable lapse of time
between acceptance by a claimant under disability of a payment into court and the court’s approval of that acceptance under CPR 21.10. In Brennan v Eco Composing Ltd and another [2006] EWHC 3143 (QB), [2006] All ER (D) 94 (Dec) it

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NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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