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NLJ this week: All rise at the Maidstone Orida

29 March 2024
Issue: 8065 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Former District Judge Stephen Gold delivers the goods in this week’s Civil way, with the latest on a family judge’s role in steering ‘warring parties’ away from court and into the hands of less adversarially focused professionals

Gold writes: ‘The Churchill decision on NCDR [non-court-dispute-resolution] is not to be thought as being of limited relevance to family proceedings. To make that assumption was unwise.’

His column also covers an extension to a family pilot, a rise in the compensation limit from £15,000 to £430,000 for Financial Ombudsman Service complaints, a change to the paternity leave provisions, and RAAC work at the courts in Medway, which means it’s a case of all rise at the Maidstone Orida Hotel.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Charles Russell Speechlys—Gustina Singgih

Charles Russell Speechlys—Gustina Singgih

Corporate team in London welcomes new partner

Church Court Chambers—Maria Karaiskos KC

Church Court Chambers—Maria Karaiskos KC

Historic appointment of chambers' first female head

Wright Hassall—five promotions

Wright Hassall—five promotions

Firm announces five promotions, including new partner

NEWS
Proposed legislation to tighten the rules on pooled client accounts would place ‘substantial’ burdens on solicitors, the Law Society has warned
Increasing numbers of family mediators are cutting back on legal aid work or leaving the sector altogether due to low fees—creating a supply shortfall for low-income families
Lawyers acting in cases funded by damages-based agreements (DBAs) cannot claim their share of the damages if no damages are awarded, the High Court has clarified
Lawyers have given a cautious welcome to a Ministry of Justice decision to increase Crown Court sitting days
Barristers have been targeted with death threats, rape threats, threats to their family members, physical surveillance and threats from politicians, chair of the Bar Barbara Mills KC has reported
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