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05 June 2026 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8164 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , CPR , Liability , Damages , Family
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Civil way: 5 June 2026

Post the N1; CPR PD 195th update; Standard family orders change; Old admission withdrawals; Credit hire impecuniosity.

LAWBITES

Supreme days out Providing a world-class service. Serving the public. Engaging outwards. These are neither the hyperbole of a new coffee shop nor the ambition of a County Court delivery manager. They are the priorities of the enterprising Supreme Court and Privy Council in their business plan for the next three years. In service of the public, the ambition includes increasing the number of visitors to over 70,000 and delivery of 450 tours and 24 ‘Ask a Justice’ sessions. And they’ll try some appeals, no doubt.

Be nice to the CNBC New Civil National Business Centre customer guidance entreaties support in a variety of ways for its transition to becoming paperless and transferring all files digitally. *If a request cannot be completed online, send it by email instead of post—less delay and risk of postal failure (and there’s an admission!). *In an email subject line, include the eight-digit

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Boodle Hatfield—Tom McLaughlin

Boodle Hatfield—Tom McLaughlin

Boodle Hatfield welcomes new employment partner, Tom McLaughlin

Arc Pensions Law—Victoria Thompson-Hill, Jonathan Mason & Georgi Ivanov

Arc Pensions Law—Victoria Thompson-Hill, Jonathan Mason & Georgi Ivanov

National specialist pensions law firm strengthens team with three new appointments

Jurit—Christian Abletshauser

Jurit—Christian Abletshauser

Jurit appoints Christian Abletshauser to lead family law practice

NEWS
Burges Salmon appoints Benn Richards to strengthen Contentious Insolvency offering
A High Court decision has clarified that a home may be unfit for human habitation not only where conditions endanger health or safety, but also where they seriously undermine comfort and convenience

A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up

A recent High Court ruling could make issue estoppel considerably more complex in cross-border litigation, requiring parties to consider the foreign law governing the underlying claim
The Supreme Court has overturned Cheshire West’s bright-line test for deprivation of liberty, replacing it with a broader, more contextual assessment that gives greater weight to an individual’s wishes, feelings and apparent consent
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