All Litigation articles – Page 33
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News‘No choice but to engage’ over disclosure
The group working on a complete overhaul of the rules on disclosure for the Business and Property Courts is calling for feedback from lawyers and clients.
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DBA to CFA: court backs firm's switch weeks before settlement
High Court decision is worth potentially an extra £273,000 to law firm.
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NewsRadical new disclosure regime to 'spell out' lawyers' duties
New rules for Business and Property Courts will require parties to complete review document.
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NewsJudge dismisses disclosure bids ahead of £126m credit hire trial
Defendants in Autofocus case include three law firms – Keoghs, Lyons Davidson and Morgan Cole (now Blake Morgan) – and three solicitors from each firm.
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FeatureAdvocacy: On top of the brief
At the Gazette’s latest roundtable, advocates on both sides of the divide debated audience rights post-Brexit, the shortcomings of the CPS and a more ‘proportionate’ approach to litigation.
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NewsSupreme Court to hear appeal on case which left insurers 'in limbo'
Permission to appeal is granted in claim where driver was not identified.
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NewsCourt rules ex-clients not entitled to copies of firm's documents
Former clients had wanted material to challenge a costs bill, offering to pay 15p per page.
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NewsJudge rules that reviving a struck-out claim not an abuse of process
Defendants wanted court to strike out estimated £20,000 claim for a second time.
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OpinionCivil justice – a rocky road
Dispute resolution has been in a state of flux for two decades. We must approach further reform with caution.
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NewsHigh Court tells parties: Don't abuse our tougher approach
The Honourable Mr Justice Coulson says new ruling should act be reminder to litigants not to take advantage of procedural glitches.
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FeatureLitigation – 2017 in review
BPE Solicitors v Hughes-Holland [2017] UKSC 21, a solicitors’ negligence claim, was the Supreme Court’s first opportunity to review the 20-year-old House of Lords SAAMCO principle, which underpins the calculation of loss in professional negligence claims. The court reaffirmed the SAAMCO judgment, referred to by Lord Sumption as ‘one of ...
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News'Change your attitude': judge threatens litigators with 'draconian' costs penalties
Fixing hearings around the diaries of busy counsel is ’a clear case of the tail wagging the dog’, says Mr Justice Fraser.
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NewsLitigation funder backs £100m trucking cartel claim
Collyer Bristow to represent claimants who fell foul of trucking cartel.
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NewsFirst swaps mis-selling case heads to Rolls Building
Claim against Barclays for the alleged mis-selling of financial products will be heard in the commercial court on Monday.
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NewsInterim statute bills must contain disbursements, court rules
Appeal supports decision that clients must be given adequate information to challenge a law firm’s bill.
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NewsAppeal backs 'fundamental dishonesty' finding when it was not pleaded
Case believed to be the first to test the principle of fundamental dishonesty when judge is first to raise the defence.
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FeatureCivil litigation: a future in dispute
As competitor jurisdictions look to exploit Brexit and costs are squeezed further, lawyers at the Gazette’s latest roundtable reflect on the seemingly permanent revolution in civil litigation work.
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NewsDispute between claimant firms threatened a 'Punch and Judy show'
Judge blocks firm from joining two others as lead solicitors on group litigation order.
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NewsLawyers agree landmark deal to fund victim's future care
Insurers and claimant solicitors broker agreement that wil be triggered when victim needs therapy.