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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

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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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