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From 1 April the deposit on a winding-up petition rose from £500 to £620, on a creditor’s bankruptcy petition from £300 to £370, and on a debtor’s bankruptcy petition from £250 to £310 unless he or she..

Online Published Date: 01 May 2004

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Compensation culture crackdown

According to The Times of 22 March, legal aid could be discontinued for claims against schools, the police, and the medical profession in a crackdown on the compensation culture that is costing public services millions of pounds a year. The paper..

Online Published Date: 01 May 2004

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Free phone advice from the court

The Legal Services Commission and the Department for Constitutional Affairs have joined forces to pilot a free telephone court legal advice service in the West Midlands and the South West. The service will run for six months and, if successful,..

Online Published Date: 01 May 2004

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Picking up the Pieces: Marriage and Divorce Two Years after Information Provision

This report contains findings after research and data on the value of providing information on the help and support available for married and divorcing couples. Researchers at the Newcastle Centre for Family Studies followed up people over a..

Online Published Date: 01 May 2004

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Family resolution pilot scheme

The Sun of 19 March reported that the Government’s plans for a pilot scheme designed to protect children from the effects of acrimonious court battles between parents has been dismissed as ‘doomed to failure’ by the Fathers 4..

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£30,000 for Talaq

A v T FD TLR 2 March

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Confidentiality

In re B (a child) (disclosure) [2004] EWHC 411 (Fam); NLJ 2 April

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Limiting cross-examination on contempt

Phillips v Symes [2003] EWCA Civ 1769

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Contempt of court

Great Future International and others v Sealand Housing Corporation and others ChD TLR 1 March

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An implied contract of employment?

Brook Street Bureau (UK) Ltd v Dacas CA TLR 19 March

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Delay in promulgation of decision

Kwamin v Abbey National plc and other appeals EATNLI 19 March

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EAT had no jurisdiction

Refreshment Systems Ltd t/a Northern Vending Services v Wolstenholme EAT TLR 2 March

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No duty to give employee financial advice

Crossley v Faithfull & Gould Holdings Ltd CA TLR 29 March

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Employer’s duty to stressed employee

Barber v Somerset County Council HL TLR 5 April

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No duty to provide road signs

Gorringe v Calderdale MBC HL TLR 2 April

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Loss of chance

Normans Bay Ltd (formerly Illingworth Morris Ltd) v Coudert Brothers (a firm) CA TLR 24 March

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Costs to be abolished?

The Law Society’s Gazette released details of a speech to be made by the Master of the Rolls saying that the judiciary was ‘sick to the back teeth and beyond’ of the non-stop wrangling over costs and will propose abolishing the..

Online Published Date: 01 May 2004

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No-win, not costs free

The Law Society’s Gazette of 25 March reported a recommendation by the Legal Services Ombudsman that the Office for the Supervision of Solicitors (OSS) should reconsider a matter in which the solicitors had agreed to act on a no-win, no-fee..

Online Published Date: 01 May 2004

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Defective CFA

Spencer v Wood [2004] EWCA Civ 352

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Courts Boards

Regulations have been published setting out the framework for 42 community-focused Courts Boards in England and Wales, together with a report entitled Courts Boards: Constitution and Procedures A Response Paper. They follow a three-month public..

Online Published Date: 01 May 2004

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Wasting their Lordships’ weekends

Andrew Cohen of W Davies & Son writes: In last month’s issue (p38) you invited suggestions for letting the court know timeously if there was a settlement. My suggestion is in two parts. 1. Mutual respect Make sure that the Court Service..

Online Published Date: 01 May 2004

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Enforcement by the court

Shirayama Shockusan Co Ltd and others v Danovo Ltd ChD TLR 22 March

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Cutting the number of trials

According to the Solicitors Journal, the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) is under pressure from the Treasury to cut the cost of the civil court system by reducing the number of civil and commercial cases which go to trial and the DCA..

Online Published Date: 01 May 2004

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Court mediation

Central London Civil Justice Centre is housing a new pilot scheme to encourage more people to settle disputes out of court. The scheme involves automatically referring selected civil cases to mediation. Parties could be liable for costs if they..

Online Published Date: 01 May 2004

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