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21 January 2022 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7963 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Civil Way: 21 January 2022

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Possessions and Covid; More inquest legal aid; New contempt forms; Possession defence test; Dissolved companies caught

WHILE YOU WEREN’T LOOKING

Possessed! No mercy for housing practitioners and their clients. The temporary coronavirus residential possession PD 55C whose life was extended to 30 November 2021 has not quite fully lapsed as expected. CPR update 137 has seen to that in continuing the PD in relation to all claims issued before 1 December 2021 with no cut-off date as yet and the requirement for claimants to provide notices with the claim form and at the hearing about their knowledge of the effect of the pandemic on the defendant (see the PD at paras 6.1 and 6.2) until 30 June 2022.

Cracks in person The 138th CPR update burst into force at 8.00 am on 8 December 2021 and you never noticed. It introduces amendments to PD 51R and that is about the online civil money claims pilot which you will never hear about unless you drink with LiPs. The pilot is open for specified money claims not exceeding £10,000 by LiPs and

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

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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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