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31 May 2024 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8073 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , Family , Personal injury
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Civil way: 31 May 2024

KB seal bonus; QLRs, we need you!; The business of a misrep; Hybrid shock

LAWBITES

Paper deceased As from 30 May 2024, professional representatives wishing to issue an employment tribunal claim online must do so using a MyHMCTS account, which could take up to five days to activate. And the new digital case management system (see ‘Civil way’, NLJ, 19 April 2024) has just hit London’s three offices and reaches Manchester on 3 June 2024.

Lest you forget The Family Division president has spoken a series of reminders within 10 May 2024 practice guidance swingingly entitled ‘Urgent applications, out of hours applications and bundles in the Family Division of the High Court.’ No prizes for guessing what it is about. A prelude to some judicial thrashing?

KB dating The tenth edition of the King’s Bench (KB) guide has been published with, among others, updated guidance on contempt applications and an updated notice of allocation. At a recent KB court user meeting, an HMCTS representative disclosed the

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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
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
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