“The Court of Appeal has hit out at lengthy and complex skeleton arguments, describing them as the ‘bane’ of commercial litigation and warning that failing to comply with the practice directions on them will result in costs sanctions.”
Litigation Futures, 8th May 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“Leading judges have issued a strongly-worded message against secret justice to
protect a ‘fundamental principle’ of the court system in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 3rd May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Royds LLP v Pine [2012] EWCA Civ 1734; [2012] WLR (D) 395
“Where a litigant was entitled to a hearing of a renewed application for permission to appeal to the High Court but for good reason was unable to attend court, listing the application for consideration on the papers before another judge was a proper course to take. In an appropriate case the court had power to dispense with an oral hearing and to determine the matter on the papers, or to proceed with an oral hearing and give judgment in the applicant’s absence.”
WLR Daily, 19th December 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Light on Line Ltd v Zumtobel Lighting Ltd [2012] EWHC 3376 (QB); [2012] WLR (D) 373
“Service of a redacted insurance certificate as proof of “the amount of the premium paid or payable” in a claim for an additional liability on a detailed assessment of costs was sufficient to comply with paragraph 32.5(2)(c) of the Costs Practice Direction supplementing CPR Pts 43–48.”
WLR Daily, 29th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Julie Stather, barrister, of 42 Bedford Row suggests some ways to benefit children by strengthening the position of grandparents.”
Family Law week, 12th October 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“From 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2012 the Royal Courts of Justice and the District Registry at Manchester are operating a pilot scheme for Costs Management in Defamation Proceedings (‘the Defamation Proceedings Costs Management Scheme’), as contained in Practice Direction 51D to Part 51 of the Civil Procedure Rules. This scheme provides detailed rules for costs management, including the provision and approval of costs budgets, and is indicative of the approach propounded by Lord Justice Jackson in his Final Report on Civil Litigation Costs.”
Full story (PDF)
4 New Square, 31st May 2012
Source: www.4newsquare.com
“On 23 February 2012, with surprisingly little fanfare, the Chancellor of the High Court issued a new Insolvency Practice Direction (PD 2012). PD 2012 came into force with immediate effect. It not only replaces the existing practice direction (PD 1999) but also ‘all previous Practice Directions, Practice Statements and Practice Notes’ relating to insolvency proceedings.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 29th March 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“Lord Justice Jackson has warned that ‘huge’ sums of money will be wasted if the legal profession gets electronic disclosure wrong. Delivering the seventh lecture on implementing his civil litigation reforms, the judge said effective training is ‘essential’ for solicitors, judges and counsel if the practice direction issued a year ago on electronic disclosure is to be operated effectively.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 28th November 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Controlling The Costs of Disclosure – Seventh Lecture in the implementation programme (PDF)
Speech by Lord Justice Jackson
The LexisNexis Conference on Avoiding and Resolving Construction Disputes, 24th November 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The use and scope of privacy injunctions will be formally monitored from today (1 August) under a pilot scheme launched by the Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger.”
Legal Week, 1st August 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Judges will be able to veto moves to discover the true scale of injunctions and secret court orders despite a bid for more transparency.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
TW v A City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 17; [2011] WLR (D) 9
“The profession needed to be reminded that the relevant authorities should be copied from the official Law Reports (published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales), and only if not should reports from the All England Law Reports (‘All ER’) or a specialist law report series be included. In addition if a case was reported in volume 1 of the Weekly Law Reports that report should be used in preference to the report in the All ER. British and Irish Legal Information Institute (‘BAILII’) judgments (with neutral citation numbers) should only be used if no other recognised reports were available.”
WLR Daily, 21st January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Interim practice guidance: The use of live text-based forms of communication (including Twitter) from court for the purposes of fair and accurate reporting – Guidance from the Lord Chief Justice.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 20th December 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Practice Direction (Criminal Proceedings: Additional Forms); [2009] WLR (D) 293
“The forms for use in connection with the following Parts of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005, as amended, were set out. The amendments were to take effect on 5 October 2009.”
WLR Daily, 7th October 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The Lord Chief Justice has handed down Amendment No. 22 to the Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction. It has three main parts. Primarily, the amendments set out the different bases on which a defendant may plead guilty. Secondly, minor changes are made to paragraph III.28 of the Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction regarding the Victim Personal Statement scheme. Thirdly, it contains various forms for use with the Criminal Procedure Rules and when appealing to and from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division).”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 20th May 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Amended provisions concerning the practice in criminal proceedings in relation to victim personal statements, pleas of guilty in the crown court and forms would come into force with immediate effect.”
The Times, May 19th 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lord Judge CJ, sitting in the Supreme Court, handed down an amendment to Practice Direction (Criminal Proceedings: Consolidation) [2002] 1 WLR 2870, relating to victim personal statements, pleas of guilty in the Crown Court and forms.”
WLR Daily, 15th May 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Bovale Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Another
Court of Appeal
“While a judge had no power to alter the Civil Procedure Rules or vary any practice direction, either by a judgment or purported practice direction, he did have an inherent jurisdiction to include procedural directions of a general application where there was a gap in the rules or in the practice directions.”
The Times, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A judge had no power to alter the Civil Procedure Rules either by a judgment or practice direction or to vary or alter any practice direction which was binding on the court to which it was directed. Where there was a gap in the Rules or practice directions pending the giving of a practice direction, a judge had inherent jurisdiction to include procedural directions of general application in his judgment.”
WLR Daily, 12th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
WLR DAily, 7th November 2008
Source; www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
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