“A SOLICITOR, NO MATTER HOW EXPERIENCED OR INEXPERIENCED, MUST BE TAKEN TO KNOW THE CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES”

That quotation, taken from  the judgment of HHJ Bird in  Holterman v Electrium (2020) EWHC 3915 ( TCC) was chosen by Professor Dominic Regan as his "thought of the year" in a recent tweet. Since there are 3208 pages in Volume 1 of the current white book this may be a tall order.  The key point for l...