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RCW Tilbrook
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In the recovery position on costs
Authorities are working to reduce recoverable costs, not actual costs, and this is only making litigation less cost-effective.
OpinionLeftist infection
The Judicial Appointments Commission and the system for appointment of QCs have both been infected by leftist policy.
OpinionSystem failure
The government should acknowledge that court fees are a hidden tax – its deceit is made worse by deteriorating service levels.
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More roadblocks in claiming
The road traffic accident claims portal has now been further complicated; demanding all sorts of extra information to a wholly unnecessary degree of precision.
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Chancery pain
I am a civil litigator whose work rarely takes me to the Chancery Division of the High Court.
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Migrant muddle
I read Laura Devine’s desperate justification of the left-liberal interpretation of the ‘migrant’ crisis (tinyurl.com/oryr33g). It was interesting to see her trying to redefine ‘migrant’ only in terms of ‘economic immigrants’. On any straightforward interpretation of the English language ‘refugees’ are a subset of ‘migrants’, that is they are the ...
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Jackson is out of touch
It never ceases to amaze me how manifestly out of touch some of the judiciary seem to be.
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Denying a party their witnesses
A recent case shows that the Court of Appeal is in favour of blocking the possibility of a fair trial by denying a party their witnesses.