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22 June 2018
Issue: 7798 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Civil way: 22 June 2018

Wanted: judges! Packages explode. Watch the threats. Secrecy law tightened.

IT COULD BE YOU

Employment tribunal business has increased by 90% since fee abolition which means trouble. You would have thought they might have introduced some rational fees, abolished the bookends, sold all venues off to Primark and Costa and convened future hearings at ACAS canteens. But no. They are recruiting for 54 full-time equivalent employment judge vacancies. You have until 2 July 2018 to apply. Previous judicial experience is not a must and legal executive fellows are eligible for appointment. If that doesn’t grab you then recruitment as a recorder might. The current Judicial Appointments Commission exercise to hire 150 recorders opened three days ago. Be ready to have your lectern or Archbold confiscated by court security on your first day.

NEW PACKAGE DELIVERY

The Package Travel Directive (EU) 2015/2302 has to be implemented by 1 July 2018. It will be implemented on 1 July 2018 and apply throughout the UK to agreements made on or after that date. Phew. The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/634) do the job and replace

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
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
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’
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
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
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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