CIVIL PROCEDURE AND CORONAVIRUS: BLOG AND ARTICLES ROUND UP – MARCH 2020
Here I try to round up the key posts, articles and blogs about coronavirus that are of particular relevance to civil litigators.
Courts
Association for Costs Lawyers Courts to continue sitting despite coronavirus, says Lord Chancellor (19/03/2020)
Herbert Smith Freehills COVID-19: Impact on civil litigation in England and Wales (20/03/2020)
DAC Beachcroft COVID-19: Litigation in the time of a pandemic (17/03/2020)
DAC Beachcroft COVID-19: Litigation in the time of a pandemic UPDATE (18/03/2020)
DAC Beachcroft COVID-19: Litigation in the time of a pandemic SECOND UPDATE (19/03/2020)
DAC Beachcroft COVID-19: Litigation in the time of a pandemic LATEST UPDATES (30/03/2020)
RPC COVID-19: Impact on court hearings and successful virtual mediations (20/03/2020)
Remote hearings
Association for Costs Lawyers Civil Court guidance on how to conduct remote hearings (23/03/2020)
Herbert Smith Freehills COVID-19: The evolving picture for remote hearings in the English courts (26/03/2020)
Costs Barrister Electronic dreams (30/03/2020)
Litigation Futures Joint settlement meeting concluded by video (20/03/2020)
Litigation Futures Self-isolating litigant in person appears via barrister’s mobile (23/03/2020)
Litigation Futures Open justice direction published for remote hearings (25/03/2020)
Litigation Futures Virtual case begins as court rejects trial on papers (26/03/2020)
RPC COVID-19 – The official guidance on remote hearings; early engagement is key to success (24/03/2020)
PRC COVID-19: Virtual hearings – what we’ve learned (27/03/2020)
Evidence
Litigation Futures MedCo reverses position on medicals by video (23/03/2020)
Litigation Futures Parties told to cut unnecessary content from witness statements (24/03/2020)
Civil Procedure
Litigation Futures PI industry protocol aims to prevent Covid-19 game-playing (25/03/2020)
Kerry Underwood
COVID-19: WINDING-UP AND BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS IN INSOLVENCY AND COMPANIES LIST LARGELY ADJOURNED UNTIL JUNE 2020 (30/03/2020)
COVID-19: PUBLICATION OF 116TH PRACTICE DIRECTION UPDATE ON PRIVATE VIDEO AND AUDIO HEARINGS IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS (30/03/2020)
COVID-19: CIVIL PROCEDURE RULE COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES UPDATES TO CPR LIKELY AT SHORT NOTICE (30/03/2020)
COVID-19: HM COURTS & TRIBUNALS SERVICE PUBLISHES GUIDANCE ON APPLICATIONS TO ADJOURN CIVIL AND FAMILY HEARINGS (31/03/2020)
COVID-19: UPDATED COUNTER ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE COURT OF APPEAL AND QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (31/03/2020)
Kings Chambers Coronavirus: Guidance for Lawyers and Businesses
HMCTS GUIDANCE: CLOSURE OF COUNTERS IN THE QBD AND COURT OF APPEAL (18/03/2020)
UPDATE ON COVID-19 AND THE COURTS: GUIDANCE FROM THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE: ALMOST ALL HEARINGS MUST BE HEARD REMOTELY (19/03/2020)
THE COURT HAS TO BE OPTIMISTIC RATHER THAN PESSIMISTIC: THE CORRECT APPROACH TO REMOTE ATTENDANCE AT HEARINGS (19/03/2020)REMOTE HEARINGS: GUIDANCE FROM THE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS (20/03/2020)
PAPERLESS WORKING: KEY ADVICE (21/03/2020)PROTOCOL REGARDING REMOTE HEARINGS: OFFICIAL GUIDANCE (22/03/2020)
LISTING PROTOCOLS FOR CIVIL COURTS: NORTH AND WEST YORKSHIRE AND LEEDS DISTRICT REGISTRY (23/03/2020)CORONAVIRUS BILL: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE COURTS AND TRIBUNALS (24/03/2020)
On this blog
CORONAVIRUS – A USEFUL CASE: MASTER ALLOWS PARTY TO VARY DIRECTIONS BY CONSENT BY 56 DAYS (16/03/2020)