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18 February 2010 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7405 / Categories: Case law , Civil way
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Civil way: 19 February 2010

Soaring fees; Drug addicts: bad news; Witness immunity; TOLATA beats AR

Soaring fees

“It’s a blasted covenant job.” If you’ve got business for the Lands Tribunal, take it there before October 2010. That’s when the level of its fees is set to soar so that one-half of running costs is recovered. Fees have remained static since 1996. A Tribunals Service consultation paper reveals what’s in store. Take applications to discharge or modify restrictive covenants. The lodgement fee will jump from £200 to £800—it is said that these applications are hugely time consuming for Registrars as they typically involve reviewing plans and lengthy documents—and the final hearing fee from £350 to £1,000. Right of light certificate applications are also said to be time consuming. They are planned to leap from £250 and £350 to £1,200 and £1,500.

Drug addicts: bad news

Trust lawyers have a spring in their step or are as white as a sheet, depending on age. They’ve got some new law. The Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009—created by the Law

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Construction team bolstered by hire of senior consultant duo

Switalskis—four appointments

Switalskis—four appointments

Firm expands residential conveyancing team with quadruple appointment

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

Private client team welcomes senior associatein Worcester

NEWS
The controversial Mazur ruling, which caused widespread uncertainty about the role of non-solicitors in litigation work, has been overturned on appeal
Two landmark social media cases in the US could influence social media regulation in the UK, lawyers predict
Barristers have urged the government to set up Nightingale-style specialist courts, with jury trials, to prioritise rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse trials
Victims of violent crimes who suffer life-changing injuries receive less than half the financial support today than those in the 1990s, according to a senior personal injury lawyer
Rising numbers of cases, an increase in litigants in person and an overall lack of investment is piling pressure on the family court, the Law Society has warned
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