ADMINISTRATIVE COURT JUDICIAL REVIEW GUIDE 2023: NOW AVAILABLE
The latest Administrative Court Judicial Review Guide is available on the link here. It may well be ahead of time (it is dated October 2023). THE CONTENTS It includes guidance on: litigants in person civil restraint orders starting a claim…
A LICENCE TO THRILL: JAMES BOND, THE MOVIES AND THE COURTS: LEGAL TALES THAT WON’T SCARE THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF YOU
This morning I am encouraging you to read ‘James Bond and the Law’ : A talk to the Manchester Business and Property Courts Forum [2023] UKSpeech 7REH2, given by Mr Justice Foxton. A look through at the James Bond franchise…
NEW EDITION OF THE SENIOR COURT COSTS OFFICE GUIDE (2023)
The latest edition of the Senior Court Costs Office Guide is now available here. As ever the Guide contains a detailed and comprehensive guide to all the procedural (and some substantive) issues THE INTRODUCTION “The Senior Courts Costs Office (SCCO)…
THE KING’S BENCH DIVISION GUIDE: THE NEW BITS (2): NAVIGATING THE PDF (OR NOT QUITE PRACTISING WHAT IS BEING PREACHED…))
One interesting thing about the new King’s Bench Division Guide is the anomaly that the page numbers it refers to in the index are not the page numbers on the PDF copy. Basically you have to add 12 to the…
THE EXTENSION OF FIXED COSTS: USEFUL LINKS AND GUIDES
The extension of fixed costs is a major topic. I will write about the practical implications when we are nearer to the implementation date. In the interim there are some useful links and guides. THE RULES The new rules…
UPDATED VERSION OF THE DENTON RESOURCE: “A BUMPER CROP OF PROCEDURAL ERRORS”
The Sanctions Case Watch section of this blog has, for many years, included a link to the Denton Resource. A new edition of the Resource was published on the 7th February 2023 and it can be found here. THE DENTON…
REPEAT SERIES OF WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU AT LAW SCHOOL II: “80% OF VALUE COMES FROM 20% OF ACTIVITIES”
This “repeat” looks at the second in the series “What they don’t teach you at School”, it based on one article by Susan Carter Liebel 9 Things I wish they’d taught me at Law School. “9 THINGS I (REALLY,…
WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU IN LAW SCHOOL: A REPRISE : EARLY MORNING STARTS AND LEGAL CHEEK STARTED A SERIES
Back in the dim and distant days of 2017 I wrote a series “What they don’t teach you at law school”. The series also got a lot of input from other lawyers. This seems a good time to reprise the…
UPDATE ON USEFUL LINKS ON STRESS, LAWYERS AND LAW: TIPS FOR A LESS STRESSFUL LIFE AND PRACTICE
Periodically I reproduce and update available guidance on stress for lawyers. Here are useful links to posts about preventing, and dealing with, stress as a lawyer and litigator. HELPFUL LINKS Ulaw blog considers research that looked at thousands of lawyers in…
NEW UPDATE TO REVIEW OF DENTON CASES: 1st MARCH 2022
Dr Rachel Segal of St John’s Chambers periodically updates a guide to cases relating to Denton and relief from sanctions. The latest edition was published on 1st March 2022 and is available here. There are around 50 new cases…
FEE REMISSION: USEFUL LINKS AND GUIDANCE
The recent decision in Gibbs -v- King’s College NHS Foundation Trust (11/11/2021) highlights the need to keep issues of fee remission at the forefront of consideration, particularly when issuing proceedings. There is no guarantee at all that a party will recover…
HELPING THE BEREAVED CLIENT: USEFUL LINKS AND GUIDANCE 2021
On Friday Hilary Wetherell and I spent the day giving the APIL course on Fatal Accidents remotely (the course is still available on demand). The course deals a lot with the law and procedural aspects of fatal accidents. However it also…
THINGS THAT LAWYERS DO TO ANNOY JUDGES: SCOWL AND POUT… & ROLL YOUR EYES
For the past two weeks we have been looking at some of the judgments of Canadian judge Mr Justice Joseph W. Quinn. To complete the series we will look again at the guidance he gave to the Ontario Bar Association in…
CIVIL PROCEDURE AND COSTS ROUND UP: FEBRUARY 2021
A round up of posts and articles about civil procedure and costs in February 2021. THE CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES The Law Society Gazette Litigants baffled as Civil Procedure Rules move to new site Litigation Futures Minister promises urgent review of…
UPDATED DENTON RESOURCE: AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW
The Sanctions Case Watch section of this blog does its best to keep up to date with cases relating to relief from sanctions. It does this in chronological order. There is always a link in that section to the useful…
THE QUEEN’S BENCH GUIDE: 2021 EDITION : OUT TODAY – READ IT WHILE IT’S FRESH…
Hot on the heels of the new Senior Costs Office Guide today there is a new edition of the Queen’s Bench Guide. THE GUIDE The guide is available here THE PREFACE The President of the Queen’s Bench Division, Dame Victoria…
LAW AND FLOODING: USEFUL GUIDES TO THE LAW AND PRACTICAL LINKS (2021)
Anyone who lives around York is aware of the ever-present risk of flooding. Recent events mean that this is a good time to update the post giving links to assistance in relation to floods. I have added some new links…
CORONAVIRUS LAW: ROUND UP – NOVEMBER 2020
A look at blogs and articles about coronavirus, law and lawyers from November 2020. CORONAVIRUS LAW Gov.uk – Coronavirus Act report: November 2020 COURTS Herbert Smith Freehills – LORD CHIEF JUSTICE’S REPORT 2020: COURTS IN STRONG POSITION DESPITE PANDEMIC RPC – To MAE…
SWIFT -v- CARPENTER: USEFUL LINKS AND GUIDANCE ON THE CASE AND HOW THE DECISION IS LIKELY TO WORK OUT IN PRACTICE
Following on from the previous posts about this case here is a set of useful links to commentary about the Carpenter decision. The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers is also presenting a webinar on this issue on the 22nd…
20 PIECES OF ADVICE FOR THE YOUNG LAWYER (& THE REST OF US): WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
This week I have been concentrating on advice given by judges to lawyers. We are now moving on to advice given by lawyers for lawyers. I have selected twenty from dozens (possibly hundreds) of tweets given when I asked on…