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08 September 2023 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8039 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , Costs
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Civil way: 8 September 2023

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Invest in Chalk; non-mol update; costs in a FIX; trade goes electronic; jabs for the incapacitated.

VERY SPECIAL

Out with the scissors. The Lord Chancellor, reacting to the latest Bank of England base rate rise of .25%, has hiked the Court Funds Office special account rate by a stonking 1.5%. As from 23 August 2023, the rate is now 6.00%. Those special losses are looking particularly attractive as they generally earn interest of one-half of the special account rate—except for trainees, as they smash their calculators against the wall in trying to work out how much to claim for the crash helmet which was battered three years ago. The base rate could be in for another overhaul on 21 September 2023.

THE MODERN NON-MOL

The Family Division president has replaced the non-molestation practice guidance issued on 18 January 2017 with fresh guidance, a nod to controlling or coercive behaviour, and what he describes as an example of a simplified ex parte order. This stops at the ex parte hearing and runs to fractionally over two pages

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

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Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

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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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