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Civil way: 28 June 2024

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

Boies Schiller Flexner—Tim Smyth

Boies Schiller Flexner—Tim Smyth

Firm promotes London international arbitration specialist to partnership

Katten Muchin Rosenman—James Davison & Victoria Procter

Katten Muchin Rosenman—James Davison & Victoria Procter

Firm bolsters restructuring practice with senior London hires

HFW—Guy Marrison

HFW—Guy Marrison

Global aviation disputes practice boosted by London partner hire

NEWS
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
A construction defect claim in the Court of Appeal offers a sharp lesson in pleading discipline. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ, Stephen Gold explains how a catastrophically drafted schedule of loss derailed otherwise viable claims. Across the areas explored in this week's column, the message is consistent: clarity, economy and proper pleading matter more than ever
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