‘Higher value cases raised in the commercial court will not be brought into the civil court costs regime retrospectively when the regime is extended to catch claims worth up to £10 million next week, the Civil Procedure Rules Committee (CPRC) has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th April 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
“In PJSC Vseukrainskyi Aktsionernyi Bank v Sergey Maksimov and others [2013] EWHC 3203 (Comm), Blair J dismissed an application to discharge a worldwide freezing order made against non-arbitrating parties in support of an LCIA arbitration in long-running commercial court proceedings. Charles Samek QC lists three reasons why the case is of importance.”
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11 Stone Buildings, October 2013
Source: www.11sb.com
“There are lengthening delays in the Commercial Court, with the Lord Chief Justice speaking of the ‘powerful’ pressures on the civil justice system.”
Litigation Futures, 3rd September 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“KPMG Lecture, 18th October 2011.”
Judiciary of England & Wales, 18th October 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Senior commercial judge Mr Justice Aikens has earmarked the ongoing Box Clever dispute as a ‘guinea pig’ case, in which he will test the post-BCCI working party recommendations to streamline large-scale commercial litigation.”
Legal Week, 31st January 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The Commercial Court has today (6 December) published the report of its Long Trials Working Party set up under the chairmanship of Mr Justice Richard Aikens. The report was considered and adopted by the Commercial Court Judges and the Committee of Users of the Commercial Court at its meeting last Wednesday, 28 November 2007.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 6th December 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Litigation lawyers have been cautious in welcoming proposed reforms aimed at cutting the length and cost of complex commercial court cases.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The length and cost of mammoth commercial trials is set to be drastically curbed under proposed reforms seen by The Times.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Woolf reforms are facing their first ‘economic stress test’ as commercial court cases rise for the first time in six years.”
The Times, 19th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The electronic filing of documents in England and Wales courts looks likely to be delayed by at least a year, the Gazette can reveal.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th May 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Commercial Court is under pressure because of the number of judges needed to hear criminal cases – and terrorist trials in particular.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th May 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Related links: Report of the Commercial Court and Admiralty Court, 2005-2006 (PDF)
“There is a general consensus within the legal profession that there has been a downturn in commercial litigation, the judiciary claimed otherwise last week, but now it is not so sure.”
The Lawyer, 15th May 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A top-level, post-BCCI commercial litigation working party, chaired by the judge in charge of the commercial court Mr Justice Aikens, is to lay out its proposals in an ambitious bid to reform the way complex cases are managed.”
Legal Week, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
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