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Civil way: 19 February 2018

19 February 2018 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7778 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Free searches; hurry!; CPR welcome; Reclaiming after strike out; Tell the truth.

RAGBAG

Do they, don’t they? The Land Registry can tell you of 3.3m properties in England and Wales owned by UK companies and corporations and overseas companies. The data including address and price paid is now accessible free of charge. Go to https://data.landregistry.gov.uk to register. Worthwhile if considering litigation or wishing to identify a place at which the enforcement agent or bailiff can seize or in respect of which a charging order application can be made. Or perhaps you’re just b…..y nosey. For the moment, you may need to qualify as a data scientist to open up more than around one-third of the rows of data for UK companies and corporations but they’re working on this.

Welch voice for CPR The Civil Procedure Act 1997 (Amendment) Order 2017 (SI 2017/1148) in force from 19 December 2017 allows appointment to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee of a judge who knows their Welch law on which it may have been struggling,

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel—James McSweeney

Quinn Emanuel—James McSweeney

London promotion underscores firm’s investment in white collar and investigations

Ward Hadaway—Louise Miller

Ward Hadaway—Louise Miller

Private client team strengthened by partner appointment

NLJ Career Profile: Kate Gaskell, Flex Legal

NLJ Career Profile: Kate Gaskell, Flex Legal

Kate Gaskell, CEO of Flex Legal, reflects on chasing her childhood dreams underscores the importance of welcoming those from all backgrounds into the profession

NEWS
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
In Ward v Rai, the High Court reaffirmed that imprecise points of dispute can and will be struck out. Writing in NLJ this week, Amy Dunkley of Bolt Burdon Kemp reports on the decision and its implications for practitioners
Could the Supreme Court’s ruling in R v Hayes; R v Palombo unintentionally unsettle future complex fraud trials? Maia Cohen-Lask of Corker Binning explores the question in NLJ this week
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