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Civil way: 19 April 2024

19 April 2024 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8067 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , Fees , Employment
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Litigators to move fast; Debt relief changes; CPR PD 165 is VATable; Getting in on the Act; Master stroke

MAY DAY, MAY DAY

The threatened 10% rise in civil, family, tribunal, probate and Court of Protection fees will become reality on 1 May 2024 by dint of SI 2024/476. Well-meaning consultation has taken place. No representations by district judges, who would no doubt say that fees are not something with which they should be dirtying their hands unless the frustrated accountants among them have become costs judges, but the deputy head of civil justice and the Master of the Rolls did put in their two pennies’ worth, along with, bless

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NEWS
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Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
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