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Civil way: 4 October 2024

04 October 2024 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8088 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , Harassment , Tribunals , Property
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Portal rules, OK!; Harassed by CPR; Just one claim form, please; judicial review sins

PORTALS FOR MORTALS

HMCTS has issued specific rules for naming documents which are to be uploaded to ‘case file view’ on the contested financial remedy portal. Be warned. You are stuck with the name you create so eschew ‘filthy respondent’s lie pack’. Renaming is out of the question. The name should be ‘sufficiently short’ and contain: type of document; first and last name of the person whose ‘evidence’ is set out in it; and date of creation or signature. ‘Form E Sella Storey 04/10/24’ would do nicely.


THE HARASSMENT TRAP

The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 is a fine

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Partner and associate join employment practice

NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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