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13 June 2013
Issue: 7564 / Categories: Features , Civil way
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Civil way: 14 June 2013

Claim early for sacking, overriding objective strikes, well done Phipson & financial remedy abuse

NEW GROUND FOR NEXT SEASON

Stand by for the start up of the Property Chamber—a conglomeration of rent assessment committees which sit, among others, as leasehold valuation tribunals (“Hey they deal with service charges, don’t they?”), agricultural land tribunals and the land registry adjudicator—on 1 July 2013. This will be the seventh chamber of the First Tier Tribunal. The new Property Chamber will operate on one set of procedural rules (see the Tribunal Procedure (First-Tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013 (SI 2013/1169) to which, with others, we threaten we shall return). If you don’t believe any of this, get stuck into the Amendments to Sch 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 Order 2003 (SI 2013/1034) (phew) and the Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (SI 2013/1036). 

And why not raise some additional revenue when you are opening a new Chamber? No, of course they won’t be charging for use of Chamber loos and rumours of a new

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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