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Civil way: 6 August 2021

06 August 2021
Issue: 7944 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Possession: the impossible dream?; CPR 133rd update; Port alerts get Mostyn boost; Contact activity drafting; Official Solicitor guides

A SESSION ON POSSESSION

No bailiff or High Court enforcement agent may now execute a warrant or writ of possession without prior service of a notice of enforcement in form N54 not less than 14 days before the evil day although there is an exception in the case of trespassers ab initio. That’s not just temporary coronavirus manna. It’s here to stay and its CPR 83.8A. But the rule was mute on whether a fresh notice was required when the eviction appointment was lost through suspension of the warrant or writ. The Civil Procedure (Amendment no 4) Rules 2021 (SI 2021/855) fill the lacuna as from tomorrow 7 August 2021 (when we expect most enforcers to be snoozing away like innocent babies). When full execution has not taken place on the date specified in the original notice, a further notice is to be delivered to the premises not less than seven days before the

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Steven James

Pillsbury—Steven James

Firm boosts London IP capability with high-profile technology sector hire

Clarke Willmott—Michelle Seddon

Clarke Willmott—Michelle Seddon

Private client specialist joins as partner in Taunton office

DWF—Rory White-Andrews

DWF—Rory White-Andrews

Finance and restructuring offering strengthened by partner hire in London

NEWS
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) continues to stir controversy across civil litigation, according to NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School—AKA ‘The insider’
SRA v Goodwin is a rare disciplinary decision where a solicitor found to have acted dishonestly avoided being struck off, says Clare Hughes-Williams of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) imposed a 12-month suspension instead, citing medical evidence and the absence of harm to clients
In their latest Family Law Brief for NLJ, Ellie Hampson-Jones and Carla Ditz of Stewarts review three key family law rulings, including the latest instalment in the long-running saga of Potanin v Potanina
The Asian International Arbitration Centre’s sweeping reforms through its AIAC Suite of Rules 2026, unveiled at Asia ADR Week, are under examination in this week's NLJ by John (Ching Jack) Choi of Gresham Legal
In this week's issue of NLJ, Yasseen Gailani and Alexander Martin of Quinn Emanuel report on the High Court’s decision in Skatteforvaltningen (SKAT) v Solo Capital Partners LLP & Ors [2025], where Denmark’s tax authority failed to recover £1.4bn in disputed dividend tax refunds
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