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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

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

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