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06 May 2010
Issue: 7416 / Categories: Case law , Civil way
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Civil way: 7 May 2010

The welfare of Cafcass The President’s interim guidance on Cafcass reports under the Children Act 1989 s 7 (see 155 NLJ p 1210)—

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The welfare of Cafcass The President’s interim guidance on Cafcass reports under the Children Act 1989 s 7 (see 155 NLJ p 1210)—issue specific reports only to be prepared and within six weeks if solely on child’s wishes and feelings or some other single issue and within six to 12 weeks on more than one particularised issue—which expired on 31 March 2010 has been predictably extended for six months. A Presidential Revised Private Law Programme PD [2010] All ER (D) 276 (Mar)) effective from 1 April 2010 has also been issued. Notice of hearing to go out within 24 hours of receipt of C100 application and first hearing to be within four weeks where practicable and in any event no later than six weeks.

Updates sweepup

e-by PD5C gum Electronic filing of claims and subsequent documents has been introduced in the Admiralty, Commercial and London Mercantile Courts and the Chancery

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys senior leadership appointments

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector

NEWS
More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month
Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars
Britain’s new acknowledgement that Israel’s occupation is unlawful, and accompanying settlement-goods ban and sanctions, is significant but overdue, argue Danny Friedman KC and Victor Kattan in NLJ this week
New planning fee rises, wider trade union access rights and a service-by-email trap feature in Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way
Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention
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