All articles by Masood Ahmed

Feature

Anonymising the names of judges

28 March 2025

Open justice.

Feature

Without prejudice communications

21 February 2025

Civil procedure.

Feature

The separability of expert determination clauses

10 January 2025

Civil procedure.

Feature

No 'mediation privilege' – yet

2024-12-05T12:09:00Z

Civil procedure.

Feature

Churchill and new ADR rules

2024-11-05T00:01:00Z

Civil procedure.

Opinion

The need for 'judicial ADR activism' after Churchill v Merthyr Tydfill

2024-07-26T10:43:00Z

For alternative dispute resolution to be a truly integral part of the civil court process, judges must be 'ADR active'.

Feature

Non-party costs orders and credit hire disputes

19 July 2024

Civil procedure.

Feature

Silence in the face of an invitation to ADR

14 June 2024

Civil procedure.

Feature

Orders and costs recovery

17 May 2024

Civil procedure.

Feature

Conditions on permission to appeal

19 April 2024

Civil procedure.

Feature

Testing for bias in arbitration

15 March 2024

Civil procedure.

Feature

Disclosure and non-party costs orders

23 February 2024

Civil procedure.

Feature

Court discretion and dispute resolution clauses

2 February 2024

Civil procedure.

Feature

Churchill: Courts have power to compel parties to engage with ADR

2023-12-21T14:50:00Z

Alternative dispute resolution.

Feature

Without prejudice correspondence

20 October 2023

Civil procedure.

Feature

Denton and default judgment applications

29 September 2023

Civil procedure.

Feature

Permitting parties to replace experts

2023-08-10T09:19:00Z

Civil procedure.

Feature

The meaning of ‘attendance in person’

30 June 2023

Civil procedure.

Feature

Costs liability for challenging jurisdiction

19 May 2023

Civil procedure.

Feature

Jurisdiction over summary assessment of costs

21 April 2023

Civil procedure.