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Family law

11 September 2008
Issue: 7336 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , Family
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Re X and Y (Bundles) [2008] EWHC 2058 (Fam)

Mr Justice Munby emphasises the importance of complying with Practice Direction: Court Bundles (Universal Practice to be Applied in All Courts other than the Family Proceedings Court) [2006] 2 FLR 199, and said that in particularly egregious cases, defaulters may find themselves publicly identified in judgments delivered in open court (as well as suffering a costs sanction).
 

Issue: 7336 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , Family
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor 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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