HHJ Karen Walden-Smith
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HHJ Karen Walden-Smith, senior circuit judge, designated civil judge for East Anglia & chair of the Civil Justice Council’s working group on enforcement. Newlawjournal.co.uk
Judge
HHJ Karen Walden-Smith, senior circuit judge, designated civil judge for East Anglia & chair of the Civil Justice Council’s working group on enforcement. Newlawjournal.co.uk
Without enforcement, judgments are worthless. HHJ Karen Walden-Smith sets out the Civil Justice Council’s recommendations to improve effectiveness & efficiency
HHJ Karen Walden-Smith examines the importance of restraint when raising allegations of fundamental dishonesty
When awarding costs on account, what is a reasonable sum, asks HHJ Karen Walden-Smith
HHJ Karen Walden-Smith outlines why the courts should take a global approach to applications to resile, while serving the interests of justice
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
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NEWS
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law
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