All Courts business articles – Page 145
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High Court imposes costs budgeting on £18m claim
Judge warns of ‘abuse of the process’ if discretion is not applied to current guidelines.
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Society urges overhaul of criminal justice efficiency
Paper identifies problem areas all the way from police station interview to the Court of Appeal.
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Privacy granted for multi-million-pound fee dispute
Ruling ‘protects confidentiality’ of those who challenge lawyers’ fees.
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Government defeated in Lords on JR reform
Law Society urges government to drop judicial review reform plans after they are rejected by peers.
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Feature
Service by the courts
A recent case provides clarification and guidance on the issue of service by the courts in contravention of the claimant’s instructions.
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Judgment casts spotlight on ‘sale and rent back’
Scheme ‘could not have worked’ if solicitors had ‘complied with their professional obligations’.
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Law Report
Criminal law
The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, allowed an appeal against convictions for robbery, in circumstances where the evidence that had been critical to the convictions related to admissions allegedly made to police officers who were part of a now-discredited crime squad.
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Sanctions avoided despite three-month notice delay
Judge rules it would not be ‘fair, just or appropriate’ to deny the claimants relief.
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Munby urges radical reform of family courts
The president of the Family Division says the child arrangement programme, which came into effect in April, requires a new approach to private law cases.
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Scheme to speed up multi-tracks
The County Court at Central London pilot aims to reduce the number of hearings in multi-track cases.
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LiP service post-LASPO
A clutch of cases in which the president of the Family Division considered how to deal with unrepresented litigants.
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More QASA delay calls
Solicitors’ Association of Higher Courts Advocates repeats calls despite Court of Appeal ruling.
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Feature
Adoption and access to family history
The law around adoptees’ attempts to find out about their real parents.
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Court lifts £1.6m freezing order against City solicitor
‘No real risk of dissipation of assets’, says judge.
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Law Report
Judicial review
The claimants sought judicial review of the lord chancellor’s decisions that there would be 525 duty provider work contracts and an average immediate reduction of 8.75% in criminal legal aid fees.
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News
High Court refuses withdrawal of settlement offer
Mr Justice Leggatt says it was ‘wrong in principle’ for defendant to make its application without notice to the claimant.
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Scottish government overhauls civil courts
Law Society voices ‘real concerns’ about potential delays and impact on access to justice.
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Court enforces German law on damages case
Gaynor Winrow had lived in Germany for eight years at time of road traffic accident.
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Feature
The costs of rectification
This case continues to generate interesting discussion in the Supreme Court – this time on the issue of costs.