All Civil justice articles – Page 34
-
NewsJack Shepherd solicitor receives death threat
Criminal defence specialist says letter threatens his family and to firebomb his firm.
-
NewsSceptical judges told: 'We're a long way from video hearings'
Consultation with office-holders reveals extent of unease about growing influence of technology in civil justice.
-
-
News‘Seize the nettle now on capped costs’, says judge
High Court has restricted an appellant’s costs in a case heading to the Supreme Court.
-
NewsDefendants not obliged to get early evidence from third parties, rules CoA
Judge says parties should devote their energy and resources to getting on with the action.
-
NewsCourt caps appeal costs to keep 'some semblance of reasonableness'
Judge says it was ‘deeply alarming’ to discover that appellant planned to spend £1.24m on a day and a half in court.
-
NewsBoost for litigators as court approves 78% costs budget rise
Disclosure of a ’scale and complexity’ that could not reasonably have been envisaged, finds Master Davison.
-
News
Disclosure reform will tackle 'excessive' cost, say top general counsel
Disclosure reforms next month will combat the ‘wasted and excessive’ costs of the current regime, corporate clients asserted last week. Discussing the reforms at a GC 100 seminar, in-house lawyers were broadly optimistic that the mandatory disclosure pilot coming into force in January would yield the results they wanted. Richard ...
-
OpinionFlexible hours in civil and family courts
Impact of pilots on judiciary and legal professionals will be closely monitored, writes justice minister Lucy Frazer.
-
NewsCity firms claimed £14m costs in oligarch case
High Court judgment ruled last week that the English courts did not have jurisdiction to hear fraud claims.
-
NewsMoJ reveals 20% annual fall in personal injury claims
Figures ahead of latest reforms confirm dramatic decline in number of low-value claims.
-
NewsCivil Justice Council opts against mandatory ADR
Recommendations published today promote the use of alternatives to 'capitulation or litigation'.
-
NewsCanada shows way to online claims future
British Columbia’s Civil Resolution Tribunal to take on road traffic accident cases from April.
-
NewsA smartphone court: 'Why not?', asks the lord chief justice
International forum on online courts hears top-level enthusiasm for internet increasing access to justice.
-
NewsDefamation brought into LASPO success fee regime
Decision will help control costs of libel cases and comply with human rights obligations, lord chancellor says.
-
NewsBrexit: MPs demand answers to justice concerns ahead of 'meaningful vote'
Conservative MP Bob Neill says significant questions put the global reputation of the legal services sector at risk.
-
NewsBar Conference: Civil legal aid 'not fundamental', says Sumption
Supreme Court justice says relationship between barristers and solicitors now based on ‘mutual respect’.
-
-
NewsDefendant chief issues fraud warning as Civil Liability Bill almost there
Legislation could come into law within days after final hurdle is cleared in House of Lords.
-
NewsCourt tolerates parties who ignored their own pleadings
Judge agrees to lawyers' requests to 'follow the evidence wherever it may lead'.