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28 June 2024 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8077 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , Property , Family , Employment , Pensions
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Civil way: 28 June 2024

Lecture saving tip; At a Glance goes turquoise; Tribunal reasoning; Knotweed at Supreme Court

LAWBITES

That will do very nicely The limit changes for debt relief orders (see ‘Civil way’, NLJ, 19 April 2024) have suffered some slippage but bestowed more time to clock up a bit more on the credit cards. They come into force today—on 28 June 2024—with considerable help from SIs 2024/622 and 2024/626.

And there was no light You should find illuminating the latest edition of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ ‘Rights of Light professional standard’, which was effective as from 1 June 2024. It is aimed at the approach to be adopted by experienced surveyors practising in this field (did someone say, ‘of vision’?), but litigants can outwit their expert with a read.

The impossible dream? If you are seeking allocation of a financial remedies application to High Court judge level, then Mr Justice Peel’s guidance of 21 May 2024 will do you good. It clarifies

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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