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Civil way: 28 October 2022

28 October 2022 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8000 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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New port alert order; Watford snags; waiting for a seal; Abu Dhabi start up prevails.

LAWBITES

Is this yours Eth?’ MyHMCTS has improved the experience of users of its online financial remedy services, or so they say. Not only will their email notifications provide the 16-digit case reference number but will now include the parties’ names. Also, when a first appointment is notified to the respondent’s legal representative as a result of the applicant’s legal representative having identified them on issue, the former will need to contact their case access administrator and ask for the case to be assigned to them before they can access it.

The Bad News for your clients Civil statistics based on April–June 2022 performance show what you already knew: justice is taking longer. The mean time from issue to trial in small claims is 50.8 weeks and in fast and multi-tracks 75 weeks.

Alert: revise that order The Family Court does have jurisdiction to make a free-standing order for a port alert (which

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Partner joins family law team inLondon

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Private client division announces five new partners

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London

NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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