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All Litigation articles – Page 44
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News
European venture for lit funder
Global litigation funder Bentham IMF has entered into a joint venture with a US-based investment advisory firm to establish operations in Europe.
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FeatureIP and dispute resolution: cross-border complexities
Considering the potential conflict of laws in cross-border disputes.
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NewsBuffer rule to relieve Mitchell pressure on courts
Rule change to alleviate pressure on civil courts from applications for extensions to file documents.
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NewsJackson: reforms a shock, but will work in time
Judge predicts the old regime of uncontrolled litigation costs will come to be seen as ‘absurd’.
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News‘Out of control’ foreign divorce ‘squeezing out needy litigants’
High Court judge takes aim at ‘appalling’ litigation involving non-UK citizens.
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NewsNews focus: Commercial Court
A new report for the lord chief justice warns that the Commercial Court must look to its laurels if London is to maintain its status as the world’s top dispute resolution centre.
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OpinionCommercial Court falls short
London’s ‘Rolls-Royce’ Commercial Court is in need of a service.
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NewsRolls Building fear over Ukraine tension
The Russia-Ukraine conflict and merger of two Russian courts threatens the enforceability of English rulings, it is claimed.
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OpinionJackson or Mitchell? Either way it’s a mess
Whatever name you attach to them, there can be no doubt that costs budgeting rules are not working.
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FeatureResponding to cross-border litigation and regulatory investigations
Practical and legal challenges exist when responding to a potential wave of requests from various jurisdictions over the same wrongdoing.
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NewsJackson reforms threaten justice, says Law Society
Organisation highly critical of changes to civil litigation implemented last April.
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FeatureProportionality and legal costs
A number of obstacles arise when attempting to assess if costs in civil litigation are proportionate.
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OpinionHave your say on Jackson
Don’t just moan about it; tell the CJC where the reforms aren’t working.
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FeatureLitigation funding: calling for backup
The costs of commercial litigation are tougher to finance post-Jackson. Alternative financing models are coming to the market, but will they succeed in plugging the funding gap?
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NewsBudgeting limit to increase to £10m
Master of the rolls has recommended a new £10m threshold despite strong opposition from Commercial Court judges.
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OpinionBudgeting: what will the new limit be?
What level will the new exemption for costs budgeting in the Commercial Court be set at?
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Cross-border disputes on the rise, say corporations
Multinationals quizzed on trends in international disputes and where greatest challenges are.
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Litigation funders face new complaints regime
Third-party funders could be publicly expelled from the body that regulates them under a new complaints procedure.
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NewsChristie lawyers slow off the blocks
Filing a costs budget even just a day late does not count as a ‘trivial’ breach of rules, county court rules in Linford Christie case.
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NewsRBS sets aside £1.9bn litigation war chest
Surprise announcement follows third-party litigation settlements and regulatory decisions.