All Civil justice articles – Page 22
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OpinionRaab’s task is simple: just fix a justice system in crisis
Even if the media saw his move as a demotion, the new lord chancellor should not.
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OpinionRebuilding a brighter future for civil justice
Civil Justice After Covid: A Change for the Better? | Anthony Reeves
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OpinionDefendant solicitors and their clients will welcome fixed costs expansion
There remain grey areas but lawyers can at least plan for litigation knowing costs at stake.
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NewsOfficial: MoJ will extend fixed recoverable costs
Government responds to consultation by largely embracing changes put forward by Sir Rupert Jackson.
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NewsPI claim to proceed despite tribunal settlement
Court rejects submission that second claim in civil courts is abuse of process.
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NewsSustainability crisis deepens as solicitors quit emergency court scheme
Legal Aid Agency has identified 'access' issues on housing possession court schemes across the country.
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NewsMany divorcing couples not offered ADR despite benefits
A quarter of divorcees wished they had done mediation or arbitration, according to law firm survey.
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NewsNew guideline rates from 1 October as MoR gives go-ahead
Sir Geoffrey Vos has accepted the changes recommended last month by the Civil Justice Council’s working group.
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News‘Perplexed’ claimant was not fundamentally dishonest, appeal confirms
Case 'a classic illustration of when the appeal court ought not to seek to go behind the careful findings made by the trial judge'.
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NewsSolicitor wins £10,000 social innovation prize
Sashy Nathan co-founded not-for-profit criminal defence firm Commons Legal.
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OpinionGuideline hourly rates: an assessment
A member of the last costs committee to propose new guideline hourly rates, which were rejected, assesses the Civil Justice Council’s final report.
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NewsHourly rates rebuff for non-London commercial firms
Master of rolls to consider proposed rises in guideline rates frozen since 2010.
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NewsCoalition of lawyers unveils ‘universally standardised’ NDA
The new template is designed to improve the efficiency of legal teams and increase transparency.
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NewsCosts judge concerned by 'exceptionally large' rise in firm's hourly rates
Firm to appeal master's decision which 'raises an important issue for the profession'.
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NewsSupreme Court backs raped tourist in blow to travel industry
Court takes a ‘broad view’ of the obligations owed by tour operators under package holiday contracts.
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NewsNew disclosure rules for ‘less complex claims’ below £500,000
Plans for reform of pilot in Business and Property Courts published today.
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NewsMultiple libel claims over ‘Putin’s People’ open in London
Lawyers for three Russian billionaires and a state-owned oil company open High Court proceedings.
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NewsMPs sound alarm over legal aid in hard-hitting report
Influential committee says justice system in danger of becoming unfair and inaccessible.
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NewsSix-figure awards set serious libel benchmark
Judgments in two high-profile defamation cases handed down on same day.