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Civil way: 29 July 2022

27 July 2022 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7989 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice
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Souvenir hunts; Green with remedies; Tax interest up—and stagnant; Term end divorce report; Address blues

SACRILEGE

If you are due at the beautiful Mayor’s and City of London Court, leave the Green Book behind so that you can accommodate making off with a brick or two (only joking, officer). They are closing it down in favour of a new 18-court complex (to include five county courtrooms) to be ready for 2026.


LATEST ABUSE

The cross-examination provisions in ss 65/6 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (see Civil way, NLJ 1 July 2022, p15) were commenced on 21 July 2022 by SI 2022/840.


COLOURING BOOK

Pea green (so I am advised). £80 which is a below inflation rise of 6.66%. Produced by Class Legal for the Family Bar Association. I am on about the 2022/3 edition of the just published ‘At a Glance’, of course. May I suggest for next year’s cover, an amalgam of all the colours that have been used since 1992 and a vomit bag to accompany? You will be in the soup rather than the sick without

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

A good book, a glass of chilled Albarino, and being creative for pleasure help Liz McGrath balance the rigours of complex bundles and being Head of Chambers

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Firm welcomes director in its financial services financial regulatory team

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team

NEWS

Walkers and runners will take in some of London’s finest views at the 16th annual charity event

Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need

Could the Labour government usher in a new era for digital assets, ask Keith Oliver, head of international, and Amalia Neenan FitzGerald, associate, Peters & Peters, in this week’s NLJ

An extra bit is being added to case citations to show the pecking order of the judges concerned. Former district judge Stephen Gold has the details, in his ‘Civil way’ column in this week’s NLJ

The Labour government’s position on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is not yet clear

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