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Civil way: 16 September 2022

16 September 2022 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7994 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Insolvency fees alert; Overseas landowners targeted; Divorce guidance; CPR changes: second dose; Family: latest rule update

HUMUNGOUS SAVING: HURRY!

The Insolvency Service was after an increase in deposits payable on creditors’ petitions for bankruptcy and company winding up respectively from £990 to £1,500 and £1,600 to £2,600. What the Insolvency Service wants, the Insolvency Service usually gets. And it has got it in the form of the Insolvency Proceedings (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2022 (SI 2022/929) attacking petitions presented on or after 1 November 2022. Articles 2 (b) and (c) of the 2016 fees order (SI 2016/692) are amended. A cunning way to keep petition numbers down.


TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE

Hello and welcome to the open Register of Overseas Entities which is held out of Companies House and has been set up under the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022. It was rushed into life with more than a nod towards our oligarch friends on 1 August 2022 (see commencement SI 2022/876 for most of Pt 1) with other

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Partner appointed head of family team

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

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 dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools
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
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