COST BITES 447 : SHOULD A DEFENDANT'S DERAILMENT OF AN EARLY NEUTRAL EVALUATION LEAD TO INDEMNITY COSTS ORDERS BEING MADE AGAINST IT?

COST BITES 447 : SHOULD A DEFENDANT’S DERAILMENT OF AN EARLY NEUTRAL EVALUATION LEAD TO INDEMNITY COSTS ORDERS BEING MADE AGAINST IT?

September 8, 2026 · by · in Applications, Avoiding negligence claims, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Costs, Members Content, Statements of Case

Here we have an interesting judgment on the interaction between costs, pleadings and the court’s encouragement of an ADR Process.  The claimant argued that a defendant’s conduct lead to the adjournment, and eventual abandonment of an Early Neutral Evaluation (“ENE”)….

LAWYERS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AVOIDING THE PITFALLS (2): HOW TO SPOT "FALSE" AUTHORITIES AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT (PLUS SOME USEFUL LINKS)

LAWYERS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AVOIDING THE PITFALLS (2): HOW TO SPOT “FALSE” AUTHORITIES AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT (PLUS SOME USEFUL LINKS)

September 8, 2026 · by · in Applications, Artificial Intelligence, Avoiding negligence claims, Civil Procedure, Members Content

Many practising lawyers will now have seen cases where AI has been used to put forward legal propositions. Sometimes this involves “hallucinated” cases, statutes or rules.  More problematically a real case or statute is cited, however the citation is wrong…