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21 October 2016
Issue: 7719 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Civil way: 21 October 2016

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Latest CPR update; patently boring; MIAM change.

CPR UPDATE 86

The latest update feeds on the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 3) Rules 2016 (SI 2016/788) and the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) Order 2016 (SI 2016/917)(much about…er…appeals and giving some work to High Court judges—see “Civil way”, NLJ, 7 October 2016, p 15) and is heavy on PD mutilation. Most changes came into force on 3 October 2016.

“I’m at Macclesfield and can’t get in” If you were planning a day out at the county court hearing centres at Macclesfield, Accrington, Altrincham, Aylesbury, Bridgend, Buxton, Morpeath and Berwick, Neath and Port Talbot, Tameside or Hammersmith, do something else instead. They have closed though the Port Talbot Justice Centre with roof-mounted solar panels for hot water has opened and district registries will be operational there and at Prestatyn as from 31 October 2016 (see SI 2016/974 if you don’t believe me). PD 2C is amended to reflect and also to give jurisdiction to the county court at central London to issue a claim for a company restoration wherever its registered office

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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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