All Civil justice articles – Page 21
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NewsDechert and former partner ‘strenuously deny’ email hacking claims
International firm and its former head of white-collar crime are accused of procuring the hacking of an airline tycoon’s emails.
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NewsLawyers must be prised away from witness 'comfort blanket' - judge
Solicitors who ‘indulge in unnecessary trench warfare’ over witness statements ‘can expect to be criticised and penalised in costs’.
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News‘Stocktake’ requirement before heading to court discussed by civil rule-makers
Consultation proposes ideas for reform of pre-action protocols, including giving ‘due leeway’ to litigants in person.
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NewsMaugham apologises for Good Law Project’s procedure rules mistake
Campaigning legal group pledges to admit ‘promptly and fulsomely’ when it has made an error.
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NewsDisclosure of audit files would ‘undermine the purpose’ of disclosure pilot
An application for Grant Thornton’s audit files has been refused by the High Court.
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NewsMcFarlane issues double warning to family lawyers
Family Division president unimpressed over preparation of witness statements and orders.
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NewsCross-examination on wasted costs applications ‘should be the exception’
Court of Appeal finds there is 'no absolute rule barring cross-examination in a wasted costs case'.
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OpinionData about me isn’t necessarily 'my' data
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Lloyd v Google may provide a line in the sand - but will not be popular.
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NewsSupreme Court shut the door on Google claim, but 'left it ajar' for others
Lawyers say the ruling in Lloyd v Google is 'likely only to be the beginning in this hotly contested area'.
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NewsSupreme Court kills multi-billion-pound Google data claim
Justices rule that damages for breaches of s13 of the Data Protection Act can be claimed only where the breach caused ‘material damage or distress’.
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NewsClinical negligence reforms ‘could prevent infant deaths’
Former health secretary says England and Wales should follow Sweden by taking negligence out of the compensation equation.
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NewsExpert evidence ‘expressing opinion’ in JRs inadmissible, High Court rules
Lord Justice Bean says requiring the court to consider opinion evidence on all issues would lead to ‘a public inquiry without oral evidence’.
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NewsParents could face costs order for clogging up family court
Dominic Raab reportedly drawing up plans to bolster mediation by making it the default in most cases.
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NewsHigh Court refuses permission for judicial review of CPR changes
Applicant argued that 2016 revisions to rules governing permission to appeal were unfair.
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NewsExperts too often ‘descend into the arena’, says master of the rolls
Sir Geoffrey Vos tells expert witness conference that proceedings 'have, in general terms, become too lengthy, too costly and too elaborate’.
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NewsLawyers will be ‘more in demand than ever’ with online courts, says Vos
Master of the rolls insists the legal profession will not be made redundant by the digitisation of civil disputes.
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NewsOverseas use 'puts future of English law at risk'
Thinktank calls for 'internationally focused efforts' to protect and promote the English legal system.
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NewsDefenders of judicial review plead their case to MPs
Law Society says reforms will remove basic requirement of an effective justice system.
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NewsCPS fails in Supreme Court bid to recover confiscated £1.5m
Confiscation orders do not give the CPS 'any form of priority over any other claims to those assets', Lord Stephens rules.