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10 January 2014
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Civil way: 10 January 2014

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Child sort-of-support, credit hire defence win, pay cut for experts & Mitchell: what else?

CHILD’S PAY

The Child Support Agency (CSA) is dying: the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is alive and running two miles a day as from 25 November 2013 with more than a little help from SI 2013/2947, the title of which is so long that we will spare you its recital. Indeed, the CMS is now taking all applications for child maintenance and applying the so-called 2008 scheme (see “Civil way”, 163 NLJ 7569, p13 and 163 NLJ 7573, p 11). The CSA will not touch a single new case but will continue to manage existing cases under the 1993 and 2000 schemes until the last rites are administered once existing cases have been gradually closed down over the next couple of years. Parents will be given six months’ prior notice that the CSA will be shot of them and invited to make their own arrangements or to apply to the CMS.

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NEWS
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NLJ this week: CPR tweak closes third-party disclosure gap
A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
NLJ this week: Court of Appeals wrestles with Mazur fallout
The long-running Mazur saga edged towards its finale as the Court of Appeal heard arguments on whether non-solicitors can ‘conduct litigation’. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School reports from a packed courtroom where 16 wigs watched Nick Bacon KC argue that Mr Justice Sheldon had failed to distinguish between ‘tasks and responsibilities’
NLJ this week: Appeal court reins in ‘wrong defendant’ switcheroo

The Court of Appeal has slammed the brakes on claimants trying to swap defendants after limitation has expired. In Adcamp LLP v Office Properties and BDB Pitmans v Lee [2026] EWCA Civ 50, it overturned High Court rulings that had allowed substitutions under s 35(6)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, reports Sarah Crowther of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Driving test fraudsters steer towards jail
Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
NLJ this week: Deepfakes demand data law muscle
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
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