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NLJ this week: Strike Gold on sanctions, fire & rehire, & family changes

14 June 2024
Issue: 8075 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Civil way , Family , Employment
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Remember that ‘the warehousing of a claim will get you into trouble’, writes former district judge Stephen Gold in this week’s NLJ

As Gold highlights, a recent case in the Chancery Division serves as a reminder—the judge ‘held that strike out remained the proportionate sanction unless compelling reasons to the contrary were shown’.

Gold’s ‘Civil way’ column also covers a code of practice on ‘fire and rehire’, which comes into effect next month, secondary legislation on gender recognition, and the case of an insurance claimant who Googled his insurer but rang a claims management company instead as that was the first number that came up in the search results.

A flurry of family law changes and a technical hitch in the online divorce portal complete this ‘Civil way’.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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