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01 November 2024 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8092 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Civil way: 1 November 2024

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Sexual harassment law in; Evidence from abroad; Cladding clarifications; Court lists to look odder; FPR changes; The perils of statement drafting; And going to court!

SHIFT TO PREVENTION

The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 came into force in England, Wales and Scotland on 26 October 2024 (see ‘Civil way’, 173 NLJ 8049, p17). The law on sexual harassment in the workplace is strengthened but not as far as had been intended. A duty is now on the employer to take reasonable steps to prevent it and a compensation uplift if a breach.

AROUND THE WORLD FOR WITNESSES

The Foreign Office has updated its guidance on taking and voluntarily giving video evidence from abroad in UK court and tribunal cases without losing the feed or being executed or banged up. The position in each country of which it has heard is summarised. Permission for giving evidence from France has not been forthcoming. Ditto Greece, Cambodia, Cuba and Egypt, but work is ongoing in seeking to obtain agreement from a variety of countries including Algeria, China, India,

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

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Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
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NLJ this week: No such thing as a ‘Welsh seat’
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
NLJ this week: Jury reform risks justice for efficiency’s sake
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
NLJ this week: Crypto fightback offers ‘new frontier for law’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
NLJ this week: Time to revive the duty to report crime?
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
NLJ this week: When are experts truly ‘necessary’?
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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