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Green Book 2023 to be published

22 March 2023
Issue: 8018 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Procedure & practice
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The next edition of the Green Book will be published by LexisNexis on 31 March.

The Civil Court Practice 2023 (the Green Book) is the authority on jurisdiction and procedure in the civil courts of England and Wales, for judges, practitioners and litigants-in-person. This latest edition includes many updates, including changes to the qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) regime.

This year’s Green Book is the first to be published under the watch of intellectual property and commercial litigator Jason Raeburn, the new general editor and a partner at Paul Hastings.

Raeburn writes in the preface that the ability of litigants to readily access data and artificial intelligence tools ‘marks what I think will represent an acceleration in changes to civil court practice, fundamentally altering the way in which cases are managed and litigated in the not too distant future’.

Issue: 8018 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Procedure & practice
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

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Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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