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NLJ this week: Fees, fees, clinical negligence and sanctions

16 February 2024
Issue: 8059 / Categories: Legal News , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Former district judge Stephen Gold reports on what’s coming and what’s going (tribunal fees, child support fee) in this week’s Civil Way

Is there a hint of cynicism in Gold’s comment, ‘Consultation closes on 25 March so expect a draft response by breakfast the next day’?

Gold covers the fact the ‘much heralded change in admitted clinical negligence claim allocation has come about… To escape the multi-track, the admission will have to come in the defendant’s pre-action protocol response letter’.

He also considers changes to the makeup of employment tribunals, case management conferences in the intermediate track, and sanctions for late timekeeping in court.

Issue: 8059 / Categories: Legal News , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
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
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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