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Civil way: 16 May 2025

15 May 2025 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8116 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Trainees stand by; the King needs DJs!; Rules, Rules, Rules; High Court Control; body news

HELLO HAGUE

The 2019 Hague Convention is coming home (see ‘Civil way’, 174 NLJ 8071, p15, and Natalie Todd’s article ‘1 July 2025: Hague Judgments Day’, NLJ, 28 March 2025, p15). It will lead to the cross-border recognition and enforcement by other players of UK judgments in proceedings that commence on or after 1 July 2025. We are behind Ukraine and Uruguay. Government spin is that the convention’s application will save businesses time and money and encourage foreign companies to use the UK’s world-class lawyers and courts—take a bow—to

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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
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Antonia Glover of Quinn Emanuel outlines sweeping transparency reforms following the work of the Transparency and Open Justice Board in this week's NLJ
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