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PLA’s response to the Law Commission’s Consultation Paper

The countdown is almost over and we are only a matter of days away from the hottest date in the property litigation calendar.

Judicial Appointments Commissioner Brie Stevens-Hoare chaired a lively, engaging and insightful panel discussion concerning appointments to the judiciary.

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From 25th February 2019, Electronic Filing in the Business and Property Court is being expanded to apply to all Courts outside London and that from 30 April 2019, professional users of the Court will be required to issue all new proceedings by electronic filing through CE-File. In addition, they will also be required to electronically file any new documents or submissions through CE-Filing in relation to cases issued on CE-File by the claimant on or after 25 February 2019.

You know you are getting on a bit when you are asked to do a ‘life after…’ blog. In this case life after private practice and the continued relevance of the PLA. However, what I hadn’t bargained for was the answer that I got when I enquired how long I had been a member of the PLA and serving on the Law Reform Committee. The dreaded phrase ‘Before records began’!

Slides from the Case Law Update (Scotland) event held in Pinsent Masons

Following putting her case to the recent PLA/PBA joint panel event, 2019 – The Year of the Disruptor?, Emma Humphreys, partner at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, explains to Jess Harold at the Estates Gazette why she thinks the new Electronic Communications Code is going to be one of the biggest disruptors of 2019.

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