02 September 2020
‘Three days before lift-off’, the Lord Chancellor extended the stay on possession proceedings until 20 September, columnist Stephen Gold writes in this week’s Civil Way.
Gold highlights some exceptions to the stay. He also covers changes to civil and family rules, such as reforms to the rules on contempt that come in on 1 October.
While the application or summons is to be personally served, there is a mechanism for service on a legal representative, giving Gold ‘an aching feeling that we may see some defendants potted as the service documents gather dust in the post room’.
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