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28 February 2025
Issue: 8106 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Civil way , CPR
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NLJ this week: Budgets & biscuits

Is it spring already? In this week’s NLJ, former district judge Stephen Gold looks ahead to a cluster of changes due to take place in April. These range from an increase in the allowable costs for a medical report in low-value whiplash claims to two three-year budgeting pilots.

Speaking of costs, the Civil Way columnist is intrigued by the refreshments budget of a certain committee.

Gold covers Pt 23 applications and the right to challenge. He also reports on the latest in ‘special drawing rights’ and notes more ‘right to manage’ provisions in force from the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, which is ‘keeping [him] in business’. 

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

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

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
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
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’
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
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
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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