CIVIL PROCEDURE (NOT-CORONAVIRUS): BLOG AND ARTICLES ROUND UP – APRIL 2020
There is still plenty of non-covid work going on as evidenced by these links to posts and articles in April.
Costs
- Costs Barrister Non party costs orders considered
- Costs Barrister Principle and non party costs orders
- Costs Barrister Non party costs orders continued
- Costs Barrister Non party costs in the Supreme Court I
- Costs Barrister Non party costs in the Supreme Court II
- Costs Barrister Ho howe hmmm
- Costs Barrister Controlling costs in group litigation
- Costs Barrister Life on Mars
- Costs Marrister The Expense of Time
- Costs Barrister Claiming enhanced hourly rates
- Litigation Futures Appeal court urges rethink over set-off in QOCS cases
- Litigation Futures Solicitor fined £20,000 for miscertifying bill of costs
- DAC Beachcroft High Court Judge Slashes Claimants’ Budget By More Than Half
- ACL Shorter trial scheme: Size of costs enough to displace summary assessment
- ACL Extended timetable not good reason to revise budget upwards, High Court rules
- ACL Disciplinary tribunal slaps solicitor who mis-certified bill with £20,000 fine
- ACL ACL backs move to change way guideline hourly rates are set
- ACL High Court upholds master’s decision to reject supplementary points of dispute
- ACL Claimants could not import costs not mentioned in settlement offer into draft order
Funding
Brexit and litigation
- Herbert Smith Freehills Video Published – Brexit: Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments During and After the Transition Period
- Herbert Smith Freehills UK Applies to Join Lugano Convention From End of Brexit Implementation Period
Vicarious Liability
Part 36 offers
- Litigation Futures Judge upholds acceptance of ‘mistaken’ £0 part 36 offer
Contempt of Court
- Litigation Futures High Court strikes off medical reports doctor for contempt
Privilege
- Herbert Smith Freehills Court of Appeal finds trustees not entitled to withhold certain privileged documents in response to subject access requests from beneficiaries of Bahamian trust
- DAC Beachcroft There is now a “Dominant Purpose” test for legal advice privilege – some practical points for in-house lawyers
- DAC Beachcroft Legal Professional Privilege: regulator not entitled to view privileged documents
Group Litigation Order
- Litigation Futures High Court forces GLO on Leigh Day and Hausfeld
Statements of truth
Remedies
- DAC Beachcroft The Doctrine of Loss of Chance: Recent Developments
Evidence
- Litigation Futures Warning over fall-out from witness statement crackdown
- Litigation Futures Judge demands “level playing field” on recording medical examinations
Kerry Underwood
- PAYMENT ON ACCOUNT OF COSTS CONSIDERED
- REPRESENTATIVE ACTIONS AND GROUP LITIGATION ORDERS
- ASSESSMENT OF COSTS UNDER SHORTER TRIALS SCHEME
- UNLAWFUL EXECUTION OF FOREIGN JUDGMENT SET ASIDE AND INCURABLE
- FOUR RECIPES FROM ANDY WAKEFORD AT WEST HERTS COLLEGE
- THREE NEW RECIPES FROM ANDY WAKEFORD
- MORE NEW RECIPES FROM ANDY WAKEFORD
- COURT OF APPEAL GUIDANCE ON SWITCHING FROM LEGAL AID TO CONDITIONAL FEE AGREEMENT
On this blog
- GOOD MORNING FOLKS: REMEMBER (TO ADD TO ALL YOUR OTHER TROUBLES) THE RULES CHANGE TODAY…
- THE OTHER IMPORTANT RULE CHANGE TODAY IN RELATION TO WITNESS STATEMENTS: AND, HONESTLY, THIS COULDN’T HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME
- JOHN COLLINS: BARRISTER, SCHOLAR AND THE KINDEST PERSON YOU ARE EVER LIKELY TO MEET
- THE NEW RULES: LINKS TO ALL THE POSTS: MITIGATION, THE STATEMENT OF TRUTH AND WITNESS STATEMENTS IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- DIVISIONAL COURT FINDS THAT EXPERT IN CONTEMPT OF COURT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ERASED FROM MEDICAL REGISTER: “NEW” EVIDENCE ADMITTED
- EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS RAISING FUNDS FOR THE FREE REPRESENTATION UNIT: 28 OF THE FINEST LEGAL MINDS IN THE UK
- MORE ON THE NEW STATEMENT OF TRUTH: CAN YOU CHANGE THE WORDING?
- COVID REPEATS (1): THE (ALMOST) COMPLETE GUIDE FOR ASPIRANT AND NEW LAWYERS – FROM TWITTER
- COVID REPEATS 2: DEADLINES AND PROCRASTINATION: HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH IT?
- COVID REPEATS 3: WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU AT LAW SCHOOL (1)
- COVID REPEATS 4: WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU AT LAW SCHOOL 2
- APPEAL JUDGE OVERTURNS REFUSAL TO EXERCISE SECTION 33 DISCRETION: DELAY AND PREJUDICE HIGHLY RELEVANT FACTORS
- THE FUNDAMENTALS OF PERSONAL INJURY DAMAGES: WEBINAR 7TH MAY 2020
- COVID REPEATS 5: WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU AT LAW SCHOOL 3: SURVIVE AND THRIVE
- COVID REPEATS 6: WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU AT LAW SCHOOL 4: OWNING AND FIXING YOUR MISTAKES
- COVID REPEATS 7: WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU AT LAW SCHOOL V: WEAR SUNSCREEN & HAVE A PLAN
- THE SOLICITOR’S DUTY TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS IN LITIGATION: AN INTERESTING POSTSCRIPT
- COVID REPEATS 8: “NEVER WRITE ANYTHING DOWN THAT YOU WOULDN’T WANT READ OUT IN OPEN COURT”
- COVID REPEATS 9: A LOT OF WISDOM ABOUT LEGAL PRACTICE FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE
- A DRAFT JUDGMENT IS NOT AN INVITATION TO TREAT: PARTIES SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO REOPEN THEIR CASE