The welfare of Cafcass The President’s interim guidance on Cafcass reports under the Children Act 1989 s 7 (see 155 NLJ p 1210)—
PI revolution in a week: official
The guideline rates for summary assessment of civil and family costs have been uprated for inflation by 1.7% for work done after 31 March 2010 so, for example, band A London 1 fee earners will now attract £409 for each hour of their toil as against £217 in National 1 and £201 in National 2 areas. Well, it’s better than a kick in the rear—and even better than a salary freeze!
Patience, please...Judges are still summarily assessing costs in civil and family cases on the strength of interim hourly guideline rates which came into operation on 1 January 2009.
Who needs a banker?; Exchange JS for Pt 8; At your service; Lietigation; The R factor; The late protection game
Soaring fees; Drug addicts: bad news; Witness immunity; TOLATA beats AR
Tribunal awards down; bank charge claims set to revive; ruling on missing credit agreement defence
Swear certificates, the court fee feeling, whoops, chequemate, long live rejection.
Councils into forced marriages; unfair shock; and credit reference peril
The 50th update to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 came into force on 1 October 2009. Here’s the best of it.
Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team
Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees
Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes