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Covid-19  Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire & Lincolnshire Protocol  HHJ Godsmark QC - Designated Civil Judge

Covid-19 Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire & Lincolnshire Protocol HHJ Godsmark QC – Designated Civil Judge

April 14, 2020 · by gexall · in Case Management, Civil Procedure, Coronavirus, Members Content

HHJ Godsmark QC has issued the listing and hearing protocol set out below for all Civil courts in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. It is worthwhile having a close look at the annexes in relation to listing priorities and the provision…

THE (NOT SO) LONELY LITIGATOR'S CLUB (2): NIGEL POOLE QC

THE (NOT SO) LONELY LITIGATOR’S CLUB (2): NIGEL POOLE QC

April 14, 2020 · by gexall · in Coronavirus, Members Content, Well being

Second up in this series is Nigel Poole QC who is balancing the job of carrying on working alongside being Head of Kings Chambers. Nigel’s view of the importance of social interaction in the workplace is important, it balances the…

CORONAVIRUS, EXTENSIONS OF TIME AND TRIAL WINDOWS: THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE MUST BE KEPT TURNING...

CORONAVIRUS, EXTENSIONS OF TIME AND TRIAL WINDOWS: THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE MUST BE KEPT TURNING…

April 14, 2020 · by gexall · in Case Management, Coronavirus, Members Content

In Heineken Supply Chain BV v Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA [2020] EWHC 892 (Pat) Damiel Alexander QC (sitting as a High Court judge) considered issues relating to timetabling and the problems caused by coronavirus.   The problems caused to a party by…

THE (NOT SO) LONELY LITIGATOR'S CLUB (1): HILARY WETHERELL

THE (NOT SO) LONELY LITIGATOR’S CLUB (1): HILARY WETHERELL

April 14, 2020 · by gexall · in Coronavirus, Members Content, Well being

I have meant, for some time, to start a series looking at how litigators up and down the country are dealing with working in social isolation.  Hopefully shared experiences  and advice will mean that we are not so lonely. I’m…

CONSTRUING THE CORONAVIRUS REGULATIONS:  THE "RESCUE CULTURE"

CONSTRUING THE CORONAVIRUS REGULATIONS: THE “RESCUE CULTURE”

April 14, 2020 · by gexall · in Coronavirus, Members Content

The fact that the judgment in Carluccio’s Ltd, Re Insolvency Act 1986 [2020] EWHC 886 (Ch)  was delivered on the morning of a bank holiday says a lot in itself.  Mr Justice Snowden was called upon to construe aspects of…

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