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20 October 2023
Issue: 8045 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice
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NLJ this week: Social housing, Cafcass, language & the divorce that never was

Former district judge Stephen Gold is on form in this week’s Civil way, literally as well as figuratively, as he reports on updates to’N181’ as a result of the fixed recoverable costs reforms

Gold predicts a rise in the fees recoverable from debtors by the end of the year. He provides useful insight on the Cafcass ‘allocation hub’ (or the freeze on less urgent cases to allow the system to catch up with demand). He reports on a case concerning the need for a witness statement to be in the maker’s own language.

In a bumper two-page Civil way, Gold also covers the impact of a recent Social Housing Regulation, and shares his reflections on the divorce decree nisi-that-never-was in the case of Cazalet v Abu-Zalaf

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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