REMINDER: NEW RULES COME INTO FORCE TOMORROW (5th JUNE 2014): USEFUL LINKS
A timely (I hope) reminder that the new rules come into force tomorrow that allow parties to agree extensions of time.
USEFUL LINKS
- The rules themselves
- A brief summary on this blog
- The five danger areas in agreeing extensions of time
- Shoosmiths on the buffer zone
- Herbert Smith Freehills on the buffer rule
- Harmans on what you need to know about the changes
Is this going to signal the end of the Mitchell Madness? I hope so.
I hope the Courts will discourage unreasonable refusals to agree extensions; I predict that the tough “Mitchell” line will continue to apply in cases where the agreed extension of time is missed.
This, surely, is a sensible way of resolving the problem of lax compliance with procedural orders and timetables.