All Civil justice articles – Page 11
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NewsSociety unveils green paper to fix civil justice
Proposal for online diagnostic tool that 'would save £72m over five years' is backed by ex-senior president of tribunals.
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NewsConservatives: housing courts could tackle anti-social behaviour
Cases involving anti-social behaviour in 'crumbling' civil justice system taking 18 months to reach trial.
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NewsConcerns over 'unchecked' ASBO regime
Legal thinktank says behavioural control orders have been imposed disproportionately and inconsistently.
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NewsSolicitor condemns judges for staying silent on 'woeful' reforms
Law Society conference opened by speech describing ‘truly awful reforms’ and ‘frenzied attack’ on justice.
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OpinionLady Justice is bleeding
Fixed recoverable costs regime is unfit for purpose - the time has come to hold those responsible to account.
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NewsLitigants now waiting 78 weeks for their day in county court
Calls for new targets to reverse long trend of civil justice delays.
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NewsConsumer body embarks on civil justice campaign to tackle delays
Association of Consumer Support Organisations says it takes on average 353 days for a case to be heard.
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NewsClientEarth to face costs bill in directors’ liability case
Judge rejects attempt to claim civil procedure rule exemption to 'loser pays' principle.
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NewsUAE authority 'signalled intention to disregard' duties
Default judgment latest development in marathon London litigation involving international firm Dechert.
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NewsPre-action protocols should be designed for LiPs, council concludes
Working group supports mandatory compliance but backs away from giving strike-off powers.
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NewsProcessing delays cause ‘damaging sclerosis in civil justice’
Consumer watchdog urges action over ‘rapid deterioration in service quality in recent times’.
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NewsCounty court freezes disbarred barrister's assets
Housing association applied for order to support claim against tenant's McKenzie friend.
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NewsOpt-out competition claim seeks £800m from water companies
Customers lost out because companies 'misrepresented number of spills', high profile firm alleges.
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News'Drunk' gambler must honour £590,000 cheque, judge rules
Judgment follows six-day High Court hearing 'beset by difficulties at the outset'.
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OpinionLetting the public see how public law works
If people had watched Gina Miller’s first Brexit-related challenge, they would have seen that the judges were not ‘enemies of the people’.
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OpinionThe normalisation of failure
Where are the substantive proposals to reverse the sinking of our justice system? Small, piecemeal suggestions won’t do it.
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News'Shockwaves' as Supreme Court rules litigation funding deals unenforceable
Agreements fall within statutory definition of DBAs, court rules as it allows appeal in truck cartel case.