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18 April 2019
Issue: 7837 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Civil way: 19 April 2019

No fault default; unqualified DisSERVICE; stamping out; Bingo caller falls asleep.

BREAKING DOWN INSTRUCTIONS

‘My dear Parliamentary Counsel,

I have respite for you from all that Brexit statutory instrument rubbish drafting. A Bill based on our consultation response on reducing family conflict. We haven’t decided on everything yet so make some of it up as you go along. Parliamentary time has to be found once you’ve done the job and the family procedure amendment rules and a PD to support will be a right headache so I’m praying that we can wrap it all up before the expiration of a continuous period of two years from my announcement, with everybody’s consent. Getting an online scheme going is another matter. I fear there will be more pilots than in a Heathrow bar.

Nullity is untouched. The bar for going for divorce or civil partnership dissolution within one year of the ceremony is untouched. Irretrievable breakdown for both is untouched. The five factors for proving irretrievable breakdown go. Instead, a joint or several statements of irretrievable breakdown is to be filed with the court.

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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

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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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