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THE REMOTE ACCESS FAMILY GUIDE

March 23, 2020 · by gexall · in Coronavirus, Members Content, Useful links

In an astonishingly short amount of time Mr Justice MacDonald has written The Remote Access Family Guide.  It is available on the link   here (It downloads as a document onto your computer). VERSION 1 It is emphasised that this…

LISTING PROTOCOL FOR CIVIL COURTS: NORTH AND WEST YORKSHIRE AND LEEDS DISTRICT REGISTRY

LISTING PROTOCOL FOR CIVIL COURTS: NORTH AND WEST YORKSHIRE AND LEEDS DISTRICT REGISTRY

March 23, 2020 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Coronavirus, Members Content

HHJ Gosnell has issued a Listing Protocol covering procedure in the county court North and West Yorkshire or in the District Registry of the Queen’s Bench Division in Leeds”  Note, in particular, the adjournment of all ongoing possession proceedings.  …

EBUNDLING: VERY USEFUL STEP BY STEP GUIDE

EBUNDLING: VERY USEFUL STEP BY STEP GUIDE

March 23, 2020 · by gexall · in Bundles, Coronavirus, Members Content, Useful links

James M Turner QC has prepared an EBundling Guide to help advocates and other deal with the issue of preparing bundles.  This is a task we may all have to come to terms with in the very near future. The…

WORKING FROM HOME - WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS (1):  GUIDANCE FROM THE NICE PEOPLE ON TWITTER

WORKING FROM HOME – WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS (1): GUIDANCE FROM THE NICE PEOPLE ON TWITTER

March 23, 2020 · by gexall · in Coronavirus, Members Content, Well being

Once resource we can freely use is help from friends and colleagues on social media. I asked the good people of Twitter to give advice about working from home.  Here are some of the replies (I may have missed some…

CLOISTERS GUIDE TO MAKING VIRTUAL HEARINGS IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL WORK

March 23, 2020 · by gexall · in Applications, Coronavirus, Members Content

I am grateful to Chesca Lord from Cloisters for  pointing out and sending me a link to the post “Making virtual hearings in the Employment Tribunal work.”  This is available here. https://youtu.be/GnT9Deye7Ok VIDEO GUIDANCE This includes a 15 minute video…

WEBCAST GUIDES TO ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS AND HEARINGS - FROM ISHAN KOLHATKAR

WEBCAST GUIDES TO ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS AND HEARINGS – FROM ISHAN KOLHATKAR

March 23, 2020 · by gexall · in Applications, Coronavirus, Members Content

I made Ishan Kolhatkar Civil Litigation Brief “Lawyer of the Year” last year for the wonderful work he did on the Billable Hour cookbook.  Ish is a man of many talents.   He has now sent me links to the webcasts…

"CONSIDER THE BACKDROP": "ADVOCATES NEED NOT RISE" - GUIDANCE FROM THE CRIMINAL APPEALS CRIMINAL DIVISION

“CONSIDER THE BACKDROP”: “ADVOCATES NEED NOT RISE” – GUIDANCE FROM THE CRIMINAL APPEALS CRIMINAL DIVISION

March 23, 2020 · by gexall · in Coronavirus, Members Content

My favourite wording in any guidance given so far. Someone has suggested this, or similar, to give the appropriately authentic backdrop. THE GUIDANCE “The Vice-President of the CACD has provided the following guidance for hearings in the CACD during the…

REVIEW OF COURT ARRANGEMENTS: MESSAGE FROM THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE

March 23, 2020 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Coronavirus, Members Content

As I am reading reports of numerous courts being open and requiring personal attendance today (23rd March) the Lord Chief Justice has issued a further note.  Jury trials are “paused”.   It has finally dawned on someone that the practice of…

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