All articles by Rachel Rothwell – Page 13
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Opinion
Change is afoot on the bench
Lawyers with no judicial experience given a route to the High Court – a controversial but bold move.
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Opinion
Budgeting blues in clin neg
Agreeing budgets in clinical negligence is rarer than a sighting of Bigfoot.
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Opinion
A judicial eye on bundles
Efforts to reduce the cost of trial bundles are impressing the bench.
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Opinion
Why SME clients are under threat
Court fees are just the latest blow to smaller businesses seeking to enforce their rights.
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Opinion
We are still in the dark on proportionality
Judges are quick to chop down legal bills, but we still don’t know what proportionality really means.
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Opinion
The litigation horizon
What can we expect 2015 to bring in terms of the way litigation is funded?
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Opinion
Portal claims: no room for mistakes
The doctrine of mistake doesn’t apply in the process-driven portal.
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Opinion
The problem with budgeting
Tactical budgets, hearing delays and inexperienced judges. Is budgeting working?
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Opinion
Do barristers and mediation mix?
Some barristers risk perpetuating adversarial stereotypes. But there is still a place for counsel in the mediation process.
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Opinion
DBAs: a win for the vested interests
Government has chosen vested interests over access to justice with its decision on hybrid DBAs.
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News
PI lawyers urged to take mediation ‘leap of faith’
Zurich head of PI says there is currently too much mistrust of mediation on both sides.
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Opinion
Judges must be braver about hot-tubbing
Concurrent evidence is universally approved, so why aren’t more judges ordering it to take place?
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News
Jackson warns against ‘vested interests’ on DBAs
Architect of civil justice reforms calls for working group to examine ‘no win, low fee’ model.
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Opinion
RTA claims: what’s going on
A rise in traffic accident damages may disguise a worrying trend in settlements.
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Opinion
Opening up funding for small claims
Some funders are turning their attention to lower-value litigation – at last.
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Opinion
Commercial lawyers: new target for claims
Commercial lawyers who failed to give proper advice on funding and ATE are likely to be the next target for claims.
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Opinion
Mitchell: end to opportunism
Is it now safe for lawyers to behave decently to one another again?