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Civil way: 12 October 2012

12 October 2012
Issue: 7533 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Some criminal advocates only change their speeches to the jury and some family legal aid counsel can only afford to change their shirts once a year

CPR LOVE IN

Some criminal advocates only change their speeches to the jury and some family legal aid counsel can only afford to change their shirts once a year. With the Civil Procedure Rules 1988 you get at least two annual changes which are reactive to the tiniest revision in legislation. Even the odd piece of punctuation may be improved upon. The 59th CPR update got going on 1 October 2012. It takes in the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2012 (SI 2012/2208) and with certain new rules the oh so carefully considered use of the word “will” instead of “must” occurs because the rules committee believes that imposing a notional duty on the court to perform its individual non-discretionary functions with a “must” is, in general, unnecessary and, arguably, misleading. So the updates are caring and we will soon set about devising some big celebration

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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