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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.


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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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