All Courts business articles – Page 152
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NewsAnonymity breakthrough in personal injury claims
Court of Appeal rules claimants in PI and medical injury approval hearings should be anonymous unless there is good reason for identifying them.
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NewsChallenge to domestic violence legal aid ruling
Rights of Women charity appealing High Court decision on Law Society-backed challenge.
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NewsCriminal legal aid judgment tomorrow
Judicial review into crime duty tender process heard last month.
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NewsMusic dominates copyright disputes
City firm RPC analysed High Court cases in the year ended 30 June 2014.
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NewsMinisters ‘avoiding’ litigants in person question – Khan
Shadow justice secretary asked about growth of litigants in person in court four months ago – but says he has yet to receive an answer.
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OpinionWarning witnesses: the risks
Providing witnesses with the level of detail suggested risks tipping trials in favour of the prosecution.
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NewsOnline courts will cut need for lawyers – IT guru
Master of the rolls agrees with online court report author that fewer lawyers will be involved in lower-value cases in future.
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Wales asbestos costs ruling muddies waters
Recovery of costs bill was referred to the Supreme Court by the counsel general for Wales.
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FeatureCosts-shifting and the Year of the Sheep
How qualified one-way costs shifting will prompt more costs orders against solicitors.
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OpinionLessons in judicial courtesy
Applying procedural fairness in the courts can improve compliance.
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NewsSupreme Court agrees to hear QASA challenge
Decisions open another chapter in a long-running fight between regulators and advocates.
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NewsCFA regime ‘vital after legal aid abolition’
Law Society and Ministry of Justice both argue against defendant’s claim of human rights violation in Coventry case.
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NewsBury St Edmunds to take London divorces
HM Courts & Tribunals Service has begun process of centralising divorce applications.
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NewsIntervention papers may be destroyed, court rules
High Court decision clears way for immediate destruction of 1.5 million seized files.
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NewsDefendants slam ‘grotesque’ costs regime
Long-awaited case begins with defendant arguing recoverability of insurance and fees was unlawful.
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ProfileHigh Court litigation over baby’s death
Ellen Parry is acting for mother in claim against doctor on duty at after-hours GP clinic.
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FeatureProtection for unprotected databases
The owner of a database may be able to rely on broader rights if they have no IP rights.
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FeatureProbate: proprietary estoppel
What must a claimant show if a case of proprietary estoppel is to succeed?
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News‘Gratuitously rude’ judge reprimanded in CoA ruling
His Honour Judge Dodds was responsible for ‘unrestrained and immoderate language that had to be deplored’.
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Law ReportMental capacity
The defendant disputed the costs that related to the period when the claimant had been acting through a deputy appointed on her behalf.