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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

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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