All Civil justice articles – Page 14
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NewsCivil cases waiting up to 15 months for first hearing, research reveals
County courts at Thanet, Chelmsford and Reading are taking more than 400 days to even progress to a first stage.
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NewsNews focus: Civil 'justice' is a postcode lottery
Analysis of 8,500 claims reveals stark regional differences in court delays, as ministers come under renewed pressure to address blockages. But long waits are common everywhere
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NewsEntrepreneur loses contempt appeal in £200,000 dispute with Farrer & Co
Julie Meyer, 55, in ‘deliberate and cynical breach’ of court orders, Court of Appeal rules.
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NewsHMCTS pays £111m for new London tribunal centre
The 30-court Central London Tribunal Centre will open at the end of next year.
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News‘Dr Bitcoin’ denies fabricating evidence of libel harm
Blogger's tweets and video damaged Craig Wright's academic reputation and prospects of becoming a magistrate, High Court hears.
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NewsPaper channel to remain under LPA modernisation plan
Ministry of Justice heeds Law Society concern over accessibility of digital system for vulnerable people.
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NewsRussians lead commercial litigant table - for now
Annual survey shows a dramatic drop in the number of judgments in London courts.
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NewsFormer clients hit with indemnity costs for ‘hopeless’ appeal
Court of Appeal awards London firms Hassan Khan & Co and The Khan Partnership indemnity costs.
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NewsAdvice deserts? We have a telephone helpline, says minister
Government responds to concerns about dwindling number of legal aid providers for new social welfare cases.
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NewsMoJ denies new pilot scheme removes right to a trial
Judges will resolve cases without consent of both parties before case progresses to a hearing.
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NewsMeans test timetable 'could be brought forward' due to inflation
Ministry of Justice chief says income and capital thresholds could be reviewed sooner but annual uprating unlikely.
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NewsFixed costs extension earmarked for April 2023
Ministry of Justice now looking at possible uplift where a party or witness is vulnerable.
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NewsDating service latest to breach judgment embargo
Muzmatch may face indemnity costs for ‘serious breach’, judge indicates.
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News‘Several hundred billion’ at stake in bitcoin case
Digital currency exchanges are the latest legal targets of academic claiming to be 'Satoshi Nakamoto'.
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NewsExemplary damages ‘never appropriate’ as negotiating strategy
Senior privacy judge clears NHS hospital in claim over breach of newborn infant’s data.
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NewsCharles Russell Speechlys to pay out £1.5m in negligence claim
International firm 'fell short of the standard of care required of a reasonably competent solicitor'.
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NewsLaurence Fox seeks first libel jury trial for a decade
Actor and former mayoral candidate says vindication by jury ‘will be worth all the more’.
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News'Resist prolixity' from lawyers, Vos tells judges
Courts should not ‘reward incompetence' by allowing lawyers to charge for long documents, says master of the rolls.
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News'£33 quadrillion' serial litigant given two-year court ban
Litigant sued arbitrator for ‘more than the total amount of gold ever mined in the world’, court hears.