Situations vacant; Revised CPR forms; Enforcement fees to rise; Child report crisis; Social landlords watch out; Fighting against divorce
LAWBITES
Be alright, JAC I’ve found some jobs for you. On offer now or upcoming from the Judicial Appointments Commission—and remember, no sleeping or advocate bullying during hearings—are sign-ups for deputy insolvency and companies court judge (four); High Court family judge (three); King’s Bench master (one); and Police misconduct hearing chairs in London (15 and thick skins required).
On form Directions questionnaire N181 has been updated in honour of fixed recoverable costs. The intermediate track is introduced at para 2 as a destination for allocation (see ‘Civil way’, NLJ 8 September 2023) and, at para 4, litigants are interrogated in fast and intermediate track cases as to which of the four bands of complexity—there is an ascending scale of allowable costs proportionate with the complexity of the claim—the case should be assigned. And they are keeping a welcome in the hillside for the amendments to the small claims directions questionnaire that is N180 on the rights of witnesses
