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17 September 2021 / Dominic Regan
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The insider: 17 September 2021

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Dominic Regan trumpets the runners and riders for judicial office and literary prizes...and anticipates the start date for fixed costs

My first column in February this year flagged up the fervent desire of Lord Justice Vos, Master of the Rolls, to promote mediation now looks certain that next April the judiciary will be granted powers to order litigants to engage in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) (‘The insider’, NLJ 12 February 2021, p6). A Civil Justice Council review has agreed that it is lawful to compel participation in an ADR process and that it would be desirable to do so in a variety of disputes. A working party is now considering the way forward. Their agenda includes identifying appropriate cases, sanctions for default, the protection of vulnerable parties and whether a court accredited list of approved mediators should be established. It is already dangerous to even ignore, let alone reject, a suggestion that one should address ADR.

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NLJ this week: CPR tweak closes third-party disclosure gap
A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
NLJ this week: Court of Appeals wrestles with Mazur fallout
The long-running Mazur saga edged towards its finale as the Court of Appeal heard arguments on whether non-solicitors can ‘conduct litigation’. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School reports from a packed courtroom where 16 wigs watched Nick Bacon KC argue that Mr Justice Sheldon had failed to distinguish between ‘tasks and responsibilities’
NLJ this week: Appeal court reins in ‘wrong defendant’ switcheroo

The Court of Appeal has slammed the brakes on claimants trying to swap defendants after limitation has expired. In Adcamp LLP v Office Properties and BDB Pitmans v Lee [2026] EWCA Civ 50, it overturned High Court rulings that had allowed substitutions under s 35(6)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, reports Sarah Crowther of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Driving test fraudsters steer towards jail
Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
NLJ this week: Deepfakes demand data law muscle
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
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