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Civil way: 4 October 2024

04 October 2024 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8088 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , Harassment , Tribunals , Property
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Portal rules, OK!; Harassed by CPR; Just one claim form, please; judicial review sins

PORTALS FOR MORTALS

HMCTS has issued specific rules for naming documents which are to be uploaded to ‘case file view’ on the contested financial remedy portal. Be warned. You are stuck with the name you create so eschew ‘filthy respondent’s lie pack’. Renaming is out of the question. The name should be ‘sufficiently short’ and contain: type of document; first and last name of the person whose ‘evidence’ is set out in it; and date of creation or signature. ‘Form E Sella Storey 04/10/24’ would do nicely.


THE HARASSMENT TRAP

The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 is a fine

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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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