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NEW PRECEDENT R: STARTED TODAY (CONTAIN YOUR EXCITEMENT): USEFUL LINKS AND GUIDANCE

NEW PRECEDENT R: STARTED TODAY (CONTAIN YOUR EXCITEMENT): USEFUL LINKS AND GUIDANCE

April 25, 2019 · by gexall · in Costs, Costs budgeting, Members Content, Rule Changes

Credit to Costs Lawyer Jessica Swannell for reminding people on Linked In that the new Precedent R must be used from today.  It is a good time to provide a link to the new form and some useful posts and…

ALLOCATION TO LEVEL OF JUDGE :  "FAME" DOESN'T MATTER - THE TIME IT WILL TAKE TO OBTAIN A HEARING DOES

ALLOCATION TO LEVEL OF JUDGE : “FAME” DOESN’T MATTER – THE TIME IT WILL TAKE TO OBTAIN A HEARING DOES

April 25, 2019 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil Procedure, Members Content

In Schumacher v Clarke [2019] EWHC 1031 (Ch) Chief Master Marsh held that the time it would take to obtain a hearing date is a factor in relation to which judge the matter would be allocated to. The Master also…

CIVIL PROCEDURE BACK TO BASICS 39: A NOTICE TO ADMIT FACTS: THE RULES AND CASE LAW

CIVIL PROCEDURE BACK TO BASICS 39: A NOTICE TO ADMIT FACTS: THE RULES AND CASE LAW

April 25, 2019 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content

In a discussion about the 20th anniversary of the Civil Procedure Rules on Twitter today someone asked if “Notices to Admit Facts” were still available, they had not seen one for a long time. The rules still permit parties to…

tWENTY YEARS OF THE CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES: ALL THAT TIME AND THEY HAVE MADE FEW FRIENDS

tWENTY YEARS OF THE CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES: ALL THAT TIME AND THEY HAVE MADE FEW FRIENDS

April 25, 2019 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Costs budgeting, Members Content, Uncategorized

I have already done a post on the 20th anniversary of the Civil Procedure Rules on the 26th April.  In an effort to find supporters I tried again.  The Civil Procedure Rules, it appears, has very few friends…    …

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