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Civil way: 14 June 2013

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

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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