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04 March 2022 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7969 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Civil way: 4 March 2022

140 and still counting; New family pilot; DJs given some work; Kid jabs

CPR UPDATES HIT 140

Congratulations on your 140th and may you continue to unsettle the judiciary, practitioners, practice and procedure books and supplements, law lecturers, law students, legal slaves and court staff with your constant additions, revisions, amendments, substitutions, pilots, protocols and homages to the internet until a ripe old age. We love you. Here’s the first part of our look at the 140th job taking in a raft of PD amendments and a couple of new PDs along with the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022 (SI 2022/101)—the rule references in parenthesis are to these. The provisions featured come into force on 6 April 2022.

Small but not beautiful There is an increase in the small claims track limit for non-road traffic accident personal injury claims from £1,000 to £1,500 so long as the overall value of the claim does not exceed £10,000 (rule 9). This is an inflationary increase and was threatened when the nation

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Winckworth Sherwood—Rubianka Winspear

Winckworth Sherwood—Rubianka Winspear

Real estate and construction energy offering boosted by partner hire

Gateley Legal—Daniel Walsh

Gateley Legal—Daniel Walsh

Firm bolsters real estate team with partner hire in Birmingham

Shakespeare Martineau—Serena Eddy

Shakespeare Martineau—Serena Eddy

London restructuring team strengthened by legal director appointment

NEWS
A wave of housing and procedural reforms is set to test the limits of tribunal capacity. In his latest Civil Way column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold charts sweeping change as the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 begins biting
Plans to reduce jury trials risk missing the real problem in the criminal justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, David Wolchover of Ridgeway Chambers argues the crown court backlog is fuelled not by juries but weak cases slipping through a flawed ‘50%’ prosecution test
Emerging technologies may soon transform how courts determine truth in deeply personal disputes. In this week's NLJ, Madhavi Kabra of 1 Hare Court and Harry Lambert of Outer Temple Chambers explore how neurotechnology could reshape family law
A controversial protest case has reignited debate over the limits of free expression. In NLJ this week, Nicholas Dobson examines a Quran-burning incident testing public order law
The courts have drawn a firm line under attempts to extend arbitration appeals. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed of the University of Leicester highlights that if the High Court refuses permission under s 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996, that is the end
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