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14 July 2023 / Professor Dominic Regan
Issue: 8033 / Categories: Opinion , Profession , Costs
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The insider: 14 July 2023

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As the courts gear up for the Long Vacation, Dominic Regan charts judicial stars on the rise & recommends a handy surgical procedure for costs lawyers

Joyous! That is how I felt upon learning that Dame Sue Carr is to be our first female Chief Justice (Lord or Lady I know not). We met doing a LexisNexis webinar about Part 36 in 2008. She was scintillating company and so thoroughly well-prepared. Such was her talent that she had already been invited to audition for the role of a British Judge Judy! Far greater responsibilities now await her.

One function of this column is to spot those in the ascendancy. Legal legend Joshua Rozenberg KC (hon) drew my attention to Mr Justice Chamberlain, who got onto the High Court Bench in 2019 and will not attain the age of 50 until 25 November this year. Saxophonist Lord Justice Singh is a cert for the Supreme Court. Sir Edward Pepperall, whom I regard as the leading authority on Part 36, produces exemplary

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NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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