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Civil way: 4 March 2022

04 March 2022 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7969 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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140 and still counting; New family pilot; DJs given some work; Kid jabs

CPR UPDATES HIT 140

Congratulations on your 140th and may you continue to unsettle the judiciary, practitioners, practice and procedure books and supplements, law lecturers, law students, legal slaves and court staff with your constant additions, revisions, amendments, substitutions, pilots, protocols and homages to the internet until a ripe old age. We love you. Here’s the first part of our look at the 140th job taking in a raft of PD amendments and a couple of new PDs along with the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022 (SI 2022/101)—the rule references in parenthesis are to these. The provisions featured come into force on 6 April 2022.

Small but not beautiful There is an increase in the small claims track limit for non-road traffic accident personal injury claims from £1,000 to £1,500 so long as the overall value of the claim does not exceed £10,000 (rule 9). This is an inflationary increase and was threatened when the nation was limbering up for the whiplash reforms which hit on 31

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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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