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Civil way: 29 October 2021

29 October 2021 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7954 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Possession reviews evicted; Security offer too insecure for CoA; Onerous term defeats £180K claim; Employment tribunal rules amended

END OF MONTH REPORT

District judges and their deputies recently compiled data for one month on how they were spending their judicial time and without even the enticement of free participation in a prize draw. The civil statistics are interesting. Trial durations are overestimated: on average, a three-hour trial for a 4hour 30 mins estimate. LiP hearings are shorter than represented hearings (someone at the MoJ will jump on that). Review hearings for possession cases have been a flop. Too few settlements and so the Master of the Rolls has decreed that such hearings and triage hearings in advance of the final shoot out should no longer be standard practice but local practice may dictate otherwise. There will be a CPR change.


COURT OF APPEAL GOES BANKRUPT

We have met the beanless defence to a bankruptcy petition. ‘No point in bankrupting me, I don’t have a bean.’ The defence in Hughes and another v

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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