HMCTS GUIDANCE: CLOSURE OF COUNTERS IN THE QBD AND COURT OF APPEAL
In press Notices sent out at 21.55 this evening HMCTS announced the closure of counters at the QBD and Court of Appeal. These are both set out in full below. QBD “The Queen’s Bench Division is making some temporary…
HMCTS GUIDANCE ON TELEPHONE AND VIDEO HEARINGS DURING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
HMCTS has published guidance HMCTS telephone and video hearings during coronavirus outbreak THE GUIDANCE “Running our courts and tribunals is an essential public service. Audio and video technology has long played a part in the justice system and can now…
CIVIL PROCEDURE AND THE CORONAVIRUS: PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS IN AN UNCERTAIN TIME: WEBINAR 25th MARCH 2020
On the 25th March 2020 at 1.00 pm I am giving a webinar on civil procedure and coronavirus, dealing with the best means of coping with procedural and other issues arising from COVID-19. This is aimed primarily at personal injury…
KINGS CHAMBERS: NEW SITE ON THE LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL EFFECTS OF COVID-19
Kings Chambers have started a new site ” CORONAVIRUS: GUIDANCE FOR LAWYERS AND BUSINESSES” THE AIM OF THE SITE The aim of the site is to draw across the whole range of expertise in chambers to help lawyers and…
COURT OF APPEAL OVERTURNS FINDINGS OF FACT: THE STANDARD OF PROOF FOR DISHONESTY: ALSO DELAY OF 22 MONTHS IN GIVING JUDGMENT UNACCEPTABLE
In Bank St Petersburg PJSC & Anor v Arkhangelsky & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 408 the Court of Appeal ordered a retrial because of doubts in relation to the trial judge’s findings of fact. The judge had applied too high…
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE FROM THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE: THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE SHOULD NOT GRIND TO A HALT
The update, issued yesterday is available here. KEY POINTS “It is not realistic to suppose that it will be business as usual in any jurisdiction, but it is of vital importance that the administration of justice does not grind to…
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