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MORE GUIDANCE FROM JUDGES ON PREPARATION AND ADVOCACY IN REMOTE HEARINGS: "WEAR PANTS, SEQUESTER PETS"

MORE GUIDANCE FROM JUDGES ON PREPARATION AND ADVOCACY IN REMOTE HEARINGS: “WEAR PANTS, SEQUESTER PETS”

December 8, 2020 · by gexall · in Advocacy, Coronavirus, Members Content, Remote hearings

I started the day with a look at guidance for remote hearings.  As is often the way more useful guidance came out this morning in Bloomberg Law “Wear Pants, Sequester Pets: Five Tips From Judges for Zoom Court”. THE GUIDANCE…

THE "CHORLEY PRINCIPLE" CONSIDERED: SOLICITORS NOT ENTITLED TO RECOVER COSTS OF ASSISTANT SOLICITOR WORKING ON HER OWN CASE

THE “CHORLEY PRINCIPLE” CONSIDERED: SOLICITORS NOT ENTITLED TO RECOVER COSTS OF ASSISTANT SOLICITOR WORKING ON HER OWN CASE

December 8, 2020 · by gexall · in Costs, Members Content

In  JH v CH & SAP (Costs: the Chorley principle, Litigants in person) [2020] EWCOP 63 HHJ Evans-Gordon considered the “Chorley principle”, the principle that allows a solicitor personally involved in litigation to recover their costs.  The judge held that…

REMOTE HEARINGS AND REMOTE ADVOCACY: USEFUL LINKS FROM THE UK AND BEYOND...

REMOTE HEARINGS AND REMOTE ADVOCACY: USEFUL LINKS FROM THE UK AND BEYOND…

December 8, 2020 · by gexall · in Advocacy, Coronavirus, Members Content, Remote hearings, Written advocacy

Lawyers all over the world are getting to grips with advocacy via a computer screen.  This is an opportune time to look at the useful guidance out their for those undertaking and preparing hearings and trials that are heard remotely….

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