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Civil way: 26 November 2020

25 November 2010 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7443 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Double your judge; LANDLORD PROTECTION; WHAT A PRIVILEGE! Open the file; KEEP OUT

Double your judge

The Civil Procedure (Amendment No 3) Rules 2010 (SI 2010/2577) which came into force on 20 October 2010 (the day after they were made so they didn’t hang about) make it clear beyond doubt that judicial reviews can be taken by two judges in the Divisional Court—useful for the more difficult and important cases. The Senior Courts Act 1981, s 19(3) provides that any jurisdiction of the High Court is only to be exercised by a single judge except where rules of court required it to be exercised by the Divisional Court which must consist of at least two judges. Alas, it appears that since 2000 there have been no rules of court explicitly providing for appropriate directions. This accounts for why, once the desirability of clarification came to light, judicial duos on judicial reviews temporarily disappeared.

LANDLORD PROTECTION

The tenancy deposit scheme under the Housing Act 2004 ss 212-215 is drained of all effect by reducing

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Kingsley Napley—Claire Green

Kingsley Napley—Claire Green

Firm announces appointment of chief legal officer

Weightmans—Emma Eccles & Mark Woodall

Weightmans—Emma Eccles & Mark Woodall

Firm bolsters Manchester insurance practice with double partner appointment

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Partner joins family law team inLondon

NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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