Practical Law

Few procedural changes have kept lawyers as interested as the continuing fine-tuning of the Disclosure Pilot Scheme under PD 51U, which will become a permanent fixture of the CPR as the brand new PD 57AD from 1 October 2022. So, where are we now? In essence, we have come to the end of the iterative … Continue reading Pilot no more: the (permanent) new disclosure world in the Business and Property Courts →

The flexibility of English common law has made it easy to establish the basic legal principles that apply to cryptocurrency as an asset. This blog post provides an overview of recent decisions that establish these principles, and considers what may be next for cryptocurrency and English law.

While the court will not strike out witness statements for non-compliance under PD 57AC (Trial Witness Statements in the Business and Property Courts) where there is sufficient compliant material, it is clear from the recent High Court decision in Blue Manchester Ltd v Bug-Alu Technic GmbH & Simpsonhaugh Architects Ltd that the court will not … Continue reading Trial witness statement drafting lesson: High Court gives clearest guidance to date on PD 57AC →