All Litigation articles – Page 48
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OpinionLeader: early settlement in defamation cases
Is it fair for ordinary individual claimants to be pressured into accepting early offers?
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NewsKennedys in latest Anglo-Scottish merger
International firm Kennedys has announced a merger with one of Scotland’s biggest litigation firms.
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OpinionCracking the whip on costs
Judges have been instructed to take a tough line on costs budgeting rules.
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FeatureMediation: an acquired taste
Despite government plans to steer disputes into mediation, take-up has been slow
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FeatureClaim forms and ‘good reason’
In Abela and others v Baadarani [2013] UKSC 44, the Supreme Court provided important guidance on the interpretation and application of rule 6.15(1) and (2)
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Law Report
Trademark
Use of similar trademark – Claimant company, associated with famous boxing promoter, alleging infringement of trademark ‘QUEENSBERRY’
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OpinionBusiness booming in insolvency funding
With most areas of civil litigation beginning to feel the effects of the Jackson reforms, there was some interesting news this week from the insolvency quarter
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Law Report
Disclosure
Norwich Pharmacal order – Claimants various victims of phone hacking carried out by defendant company
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Law Report
Injunction
Claimant seeking injunction against defendants requiring defendants to take measures to block or impede access by their customers to website known as 'FirstRow Sports'
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News
The view from Qatar
Qatar’s state-of-the-art litigation centre is not attempting to poach business from London
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Feature
Privy Council judgment broadens litigation scope
In its recent decision in Crawford Adjusters v Sagicor General Insurance (Cayman) Ltd [2013] UKPC 17, the judicial committee of the Privy Council decided, by a majority of three to two, to depart from the long-established rule confining actions for malicious prosecution of a civil action to a small category ...
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Feature
The seventh Python
As most fules kno, Monty Python’s Flying Circus was a TV comedy series in the 1960s and 1970s that spawned several films and, in 2005, a stage musical called Spamalot. So ingrained is Python in the public consciousness that (according to Wikipedia) questions about it feature in the examination for ...
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Feature
Costs management
In January 2010 Lord Justice Jackson published his Review of Civil Litigation Costs Final Report. The core recommendations are an interlocking package, and most were implemented on 1 April 2013 in the Civil Procedure (Amendment Rules) 2013, SI 262.