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NLJ this week: Impact of pollution

26 February 2021
Issue: 7922 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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A silk was called out by the judge for arguing in emotive terms, NLJ columnist Stephen Gold notes this week in his Civil Way column

The case involved a devastating oil spill which affected thousands of individuals. Argument concerned whether the limitation defence could be overcome by arguing the spoil was a continuing nuisance therefore every day the oil remained gave rise to a fresh cause of action.

Gold also shines a light on updates to the Civil Procedure Rules, covering vulnerability, service out of jurisdiction, interest on settlement offers, and others.

Issue: 7922 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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NEWS
Solicitors are installing panic buttons and thumb print scanners due to ‘systemic and rising’ intimidation including death and arson threats from clients
Ministers’ decision to scrap plans for their Labour manifesto pledge of day one protection from unfair dismissal was entirely predictable, employment lawyers have said
Cryptocurrency is reshaping financial remedy cases, warns Robert Webster of Maguire Family Law in NLJ this week. Digital assets—concealable, volatile and hard to trace—are fuelling suspicions of hidden wealth, yet Form E still lacks a section for crypto-disclosure
NLJ columnist Stephen Gold surveys a flurry of procedural reforms in his latest 'Civil way' column
Paper cyber-incident plans are useless once ransomware strikes, argues Jack Morris of Epiq in NLJ this week
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