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CIVIL PROCEDURE (NOT-CORONAVIRUS): BLOG AND ARTICLES ROUND UP - JULY 2020

CIVIL PROCEDURE (NOT-CORONAVIRUS): BLOG AND ARTICLES ROUND UP – JULY 2020

August 6, 2020 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Costs, Members Content, Useful links

A round up of interesting posts and articles about civil procedure and costs from July 2020. Costs ACL – Gordon-Saker: Video and phone hearings will continue at SCCO after coronavirus Courts Litigation Futures – “Tsunami of post-Covid litigation” could overwhelm courts Remote…

REMOTE HEARINGS THE SOLICITOR'S DUTIES: (1) READ THE ORDERS MADE; (2)  DO NOT BE IN CONTEMPT OF COURT

REMOTE HEARINGS THE SOLICITOR’S DUTIES: (1) READ THE ORDERS MADE; (2) DO NOT BE IN CONTEMPT OF COURT

August 6, 2020 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Conduct, Coronavirus, Members Content, Remote hearings

In the judgment today in Gubarev & Anor v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd & Anor [2020] EWHC 2167 (QB) the Divisional Court sent out a clear message that lawyers must follow orders of the court.  Live trials cannot be transmitted…

WHEN THE FEE EARNER WITH CONDUCT OF A MATTER IS ALSO THE SOLE DIRECTOR OF THE CLIENT: UPPER TRIBUNAL AWARDS NO COSTS FOR THIS ASPECT OF THE CASE

WHEN THE FEE EARNER WITH CONDUCT OF A MATTER IS ALSO THE SOLE DIRECTOR OF THE CLIENT: UPPER TRIBUNAL AWARDS NO COSTS FOR THIS ASPECT OF THE CASE

August 6, 2020 · by gexall · in Costs, Members Content

There is a comment on costs in the judgment of  Judge Timothy Herrington in Financial Solutions (Euro) Limited -v- The Financial Conduct Authority [2020] UKUT 0243 (TCC) that has some wider implications, albeit that it is was a relatively unusual…

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