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…
CIVIL PROCEDURE (CORONAVIRUS): BLOG AND ARTICLES ROUND UP – APRIL 2020
We may not have been getting out much this month but there has been plenty of material on civil procedure, the courts and coronavirus. Courts Herbert Smith Freehills Courts relax rules on agreeing extensions to procedural deadlines in light of COVID-19…
LITIGATION, CASHFLOW & COVID 1: DETAILED ASSESSMENTS CAN STILL GO ON (& HERE’S HOW…)
In the first in a series of litigation and cashflow during the COVID crisis I am recommending that you read a post by my colleague Kevin Latham – How to Make Remote Detailed Assessments Work. LATHAM’S LAWS Kevin sets out…
CONCENTRATION, CORONAVIRUS AND WORK: SOME SITES THAT MAY HELP
One of the difficulties caused by coronavirus is a problem in concentration and focusing. Even people who habitually work from home have increased problems in settling down. Here is a list of links that may help. The advice given may…
COVID REPEATS 4: WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU AT LAW SCHOOL 2
The fourth “repeat” looks at the second in the series, based on one article by Susan Carter Liebel 9 Things I wish they’d taught me at Law School. “Here I want to recommend a specific article by Susan…
COVID REPEATS 3: WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU AT LAW SCHOOL (1)
In 2017 there was a whole series of posts with advice given from Twitter for those starting their careers in the courts. Since many people aren’t getting that experience right now (or getting it in a fairly remote form), this…
QUEEN’S BENCH GUIDANCE BULLETINS: SUMMARIES AND LINKS
Inevitably guidance from the QBD on the impact of coronavirus has come in stages. The six Bulletins are summarised below, together with links to the each guidance. Queen’s Bench guidance: This update explains the steps that are being taken in order…
KEEPING YOUR LAW FIRM GOING IN THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS (10): GUIDANCE FROM NEW ZEALAND
Here we look at guidance to lawyers from New Zealand. The series on “Lawyers in Lockdown” is particularly illuminating, it shows that these issues are universal. We are far from alone. New Zealand The New Zealand Law Society has a…
Covid-19 and the immigration tribunals: a working guide for representatives
Barristers Bernadette Smith and Geeta Koska have produced a guide dealing with the legal and practical issues facing those who are practising in immigration tribunals during the coronavirus crisis. THE GUIDE One useful function of the guide is that it…
CORONAVIRUS AND SOCIAL CARE: ESSENTIAL GUIDANCE FROM MY COLLEAGUES
Whilst this blog deals, primarily with procedural issues and problems arising from Covid-19 there are major issues relating to substantive law. The law on social care, in particular, is now a major issue. On the Kings Chambers site Coronavirus: Guidance…
THE POSTS ON CORONAVIRUS: CATALOGUED AND SORTED (IT HAS BEEN QUITE A MONTH…)
I first wrote about Coronavirus in a post on March 15. This feels like a very long time ago. This blog has, basically, been looking at the issues relating to coronavirus, lawyers and litigation ever since then. This seems like…
KEEPING YOUR LAW FIRM GOING IN THE CORONAVIRUS (7): GUIDANCE THAT IS BORN IN THE U.S.A.
The thing about an international pandemic is that many of the problems we face are universal. Lawyers across the globe are dealing with very similar issues in relation to maintaining a firm throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Here we look at…
KEEPING YOUR FIRM GOING IN THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS (6) : THE POSTS SO FAR
Things are moving so quickly at the moment that it is difficult to get time to recap. This is a good time to remind people of the posts on this blog under the heading Keeping your firm going in the…
THE INNS OF COURT COLLEGE OF ADVOCACY: PRINCIPLES FOR REMOTE ADVOCACY
In an extremely short amount of time the Inns of Court College of Advocacy has produced a remarkable guide “Principles for Remote Advocacy”. The document has entered the public domain today, with no restrictions on its use, it is available…
CIVIL LAWYERS: SPEND A BIT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS: A USEFUL SERIES FROM KINGS CHAMBERS
The vast majority of working lawyers are finding things difficult at the moment. Spare a thought, however, for employment lawyers. They are having to deal with legal concepts that simply didn’t exist a fortnight ago, a whole new set of…
KEEPING YOUR LAW FIRM GOING DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS (2): HOW DO YOU KEEP ON EMPLOYING PEOPLE?
In the second in this series we look at help and guidance available in relation to employing people throughout the difficult coronavirus period. Firstly looking at general guidance and then at specific advice for law firms. GENERAL GUIDANCE What…
CIVIL PROCEDURE AND CORONAVIRUS: BLOG AND ARTICLES ROUND UP – MARCH 2020
Here I try to round up the key posts, articles and blogs about coronavirus that are of particular relevance to civil litigators. Courts Association for Costs Lawyers Courts to continue sitting despite coronavirus, says Lord Chancellor (19/03/2020) Herbert Smith Freehills COVID-19: Impact on civil…
CIVIL PROCEDURE AND COSTS: BLOG AND ARTICLES ROUND UP – MARCH 2020 (CORONAVIRUS FREE EDITION)
Links and articles to blog posts and articles available online in February 2020 (a separate post will deal with the many posts and articles last month on civil procedure and coronavirus). Costs Costs Barrister Hot air Costs Barrister Digital in design Association…
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OFFICE NOTICES AND CORONAVIRUS ARRANGEMENTS: USEFUL LINKS ON ILPA WEBSITE
The Administrative Court has issued a number of notices relating to their Covid-19 arrangements. THE NOTICES These are not yet on the court website. However they are available from the ILPA website – available here. … Enjoying this post? Become a…
HMCTS operational summary 30 March 2020: USEFUL GUIDANCE AND LINKS
The communications team at HMCTS are putting in a shift. Their operational summary for today was out at 7.35 am this morning. There are a number of useful links. THE SUMMARY We’re consolidating the work of courts and tribunals…
Priority courts and tribunals start from Monday 30 March 2020
The Government has sent out a press release stating that some courts remain open. (To see the courts click on the Courts and Tribunals Track Checker at the bottom of the release). “Network of priority courts will remain open during…
MORE USEFUL GUIDANCE ON BUNDLES AND VIRTUAL HEARINGS
Caselines has kindly sent me details of their very useful “COVID-19 Resource Hub” TOPICS COVERED Pandemics, Privacy, and Confidential Data Security: Managing Information Risk is Critical Video: Introduction to a CaseLines Bundle Quick Reference Guide: From Invite to…
REMOTE HELP FOR PUPILS (1): PUPILLAGE FORM/INTERVIEW CLINIC
This may be a good time to publicise those people or organisations offering help to pupil Barrister Joanna Hardy, @Joanna__Hardy, is running a remote pupillage form/interview clinic on the 3rd April. With the adding bonus that you may get to…
CIVIL LITIGATION AND COVID-19: GUIDANCE from 2TG
2TG have kindly sent me a link to their guidance “Civil Litigation in the time of Covid-19: Everything you need to know and consider”. The link is available here. (I have no difficulty in putting up guidance from any …
USEFUL LINKS: SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS (WELLBEING AND HEALTH)
Continuing with the series on useful links, here we look at links to help with health and wellbeing. MENTAL HEALTH SAMH is Scotland’s national mental health charity and has been around since 1923. They have a page dedicated…
USEFUL LINKS: FINANCIAL HELP FOR INDIVIDUALS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
Here we look at useful links for financial advice for individuals. MoneySavingExpert has a guide to financial help and rights during the coronavirus outbreak. This is said to be constantly updated and if you have a question that is not covered,…
WORKING FROM HOME: USEFUL ADVICE: ERGONOMICS, PERIPHERALS AND MUCH MORE
I have a thread running on Twitter at the moment on “low-tech” advice about working from home. This will appear on this blog soon (and all I can say at present is that ironing boards are featuring a lot). I…
USEFUL LINKS: SUPPORT FOR BUSINESSES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
Continuing with the series on useful links, her are links to useful links for businesses. The British Chambers of Commerce has a Coronavirus Hub. This provides information based on official guidance from the UK government and it is amended as and…
CORONAVIRUS USEFUL LINKS: GUIDANCE FOR THE SELF-EMPLOYED
I will be providing regular updates on useful links. Here we look at useful guides and links for the self-employed. BBC News reports that new measures will be unveiled for self-employed workers facing financial difficulties as a result of coronavirus later…
USEFUL GUIDANCE ON REMOTE HEARINGS: FROM START TO FINISH
I am grateful to barristers Rebecca Musgrove and Iain Hutchinson who have sent me a copy (and permission to circulate) of their guide to remote hearings. It provides step by step guidance (and photographs) to help those unfamilar with the…
LAW SOCIETY ADVICE ON CORONAVIRUS: WORKING FROM HOME POLICY: “YOU WILL BE AT RISK OF FACING A STRONG LEGAL CLAIM”
The Law Society has a specific advice page on Coronavirus available here. There have been comments this morning about some firms insisting staff attend work. It is worthwhile reading the Law Society advice. “If you refuse to allow…
THE REMOTE ACCESS FAMILY GUIDE
In an astonishingly short amount of time Mr Justice MacDonald has written The Remote Access Family Guide. It is available on the link here (It downloads as a document onto your computer). VERSION 1 It is emphasised that this…
EBUNDLING: VERY USEFUL STEP BY STEP GUIDE
James M Turner QC has prepared an EBundling Guide to help advocates and other deal with the issue of preparing bundles. This is a task we may all have to come to terms with in the very near future. The…
CORONAVIRUS RESOURCE: A USEFUL SITE
I am always looking for useful links for lawyers and others during the Coronavirus crisis. Can I draw people’s attention to Coronavirus Resources This is aimed at giving help with technology. It includes sections on: Remote, flexible and online work….
KINGS CHAMBERS: NEW SITE ON THE LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL EFFECTS OF COVID-19
Kings Chambers have started a new site ” CORONAVIRUS: GUIDANCE FOR LAWYERS AND BUSINESSES” THE AIM OF THE SITE The aim of the site is to draw across the whole range of expertise in chambers to help lawyers and…
WORKING REMOTELY: USEFUL GUIDANCE
I have, ironically, been planning to write on remote working for some time. The post was going to be in the “well being” series and, among other things, deal with issues like social isolation when working from home. Now, of…
CORONAVIRUS AND LAWYERS II: ADVICE FOR THE LEGAL COMMUNITY – FROM THE LEGAL COMMUNITY AND BEYOND
The post last month I posted some useful links for lawyers in relation to coronavirus. This clearly needs updating. Last time people were very kind in sending me other useful links which I added to the post. If anyone has…
INTERVIEWS FOR PUPILLAGE AND TRAINING CONTRACTS: ADVICE FROM ACROSS THE PROFESSION
There was some controversy earlier this week when Legal Cheek reported on websites charging barrister hopefuls as much as £200 an hour for pupillage interview advice. Many of the lawyers on Twitter were fairly outraged by this practice and doubted…
E BUNDLES: GUIDANCE FROM THE FINANCIAL REMEDIES COURT
The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary site has an “e-bundles protocol”. Since this is a sign of things to come it would benefit all practitioners to read it. THE GUIDANCE 4. Where an e-bundle is to be used the following technical…
CORONAVIRUS: ADVICE FOR THE LEGAL COMMUNITY – FROM THE LEGAL COMMUNITY AND BEYOND
The potential impact of coronavirus on the legal community was discussed on Twitter yesterday. This may be a good time to provide links to practical guidance given by lawyers in relation to legal practice. Here we look at official advice,…
LAW AND FLOODING: USEFUL GUIDES TO THE LAW AND PRACTICAL LINKS
A few years ago, when large parts of my local area were flooded, I set up a blog on flooding and the law. The aim was to have links both legal and practical issues. Today seems a good day to…
THE KEY CASES IN FATAL ACCIDENT DEPENDENCY CLAIMS: WEBINAR 6th APRIL 2020
On the 6th April 2020 I am presenting a webinar “The Key Cases in Fatal Accident Dependency Claims” – concentrating upon the assessment of damages in fatal accident cases. THE WEBINAR The means of assessment of fatal accident…
GDPR AND THE CIVIL LITIGATOR (1) : USEFUL LINKS FOR LITIGATORS
The post earlier this week that highlighted the fact that an applicant had spent £40,000 unsuccessfully trying to obtain documents that would have been freely available under GDPR has led me to contemplate a series of articles on litigators and…
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT IN THE NEW YEAR: DOES DRESSING FOR COURT MATTER?
One of the primary tasks of an advocate (indeed the primary task) is to persuade judges. That is why so much time is spend on this blog looking at guidance given by judges. The beginning of the year is a good…
2019 AND CIVIL PROCEDURE – A ROUND UP OF THE ROUND UPS: WHAT TO FRET ABOUT AND WHAT NOT TO FRET ABOUT…
There have been a series of annual reviews on key topics throughout December. To round off the year it seemed a good idea to provide a reminder of them all and put the links in one place 2019 AND CIVIL…
DEFENDANT’S APPLICATION FOR ADJOURNMENT OF TRIAL REFUSED: A PROBLEM OF THEIR OWN MAKING: THE TRIAL WILL GO AHEAD
There is an interesting summary of the decision in Mitchell -v- Precis 545 Ltd (15/11/2019) on Kings Chambers website. A report by my colleague Jeremy Roussak of a case where he represented the claimant and where HHJ Freedman refused a…
STAYING SANE AS A LITIGATOR 6: WORKLOAD: THE IDEAL CASELOAD OR “BURY EVERYBODY” – WHICH IS MORE PROFITABLE?
This is unlikely to be the last post on this topic. Workload is likely to be the main source of stress for most litigators. The very basic issue of what is an appropriate caseload for litigators is often complained about…
CIVIL PROCEDURE AND COSTS: BLOG AND ARTICLES ROUND UP – OCTOBER 2019
Here we have links to blogs and articles about civil procedure and costs from October 2019. (If you have written a blog post or article that you think should have been included in this round up please contact me and…
STAYING SANE AS A LITIGATOR 3: SLEEP
I imagine that every single medical practitioner agrees on the importance of sleep in an individual’s health. It affects both physical and mental well being. Yet lawyers are ranked second amongst the most sleep deprived professions. Studies indicate that lawyers…
CIVIL PROCEDURE, COSTS, EVIDENCE AND – DINOSAURS : A REVIEW OF THE MONTH – ARTICLES AND POSTS (SEPTEMBER 2019)
Every month I plan to provide links to useful articles and posts on civil procedure. I am happy for anyone to send me links that are relevant to the topics that this blog covers. (Links to posts does not constitute…
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