The UK government has announced that no professional sport, even behind closed doors, will be staged in England until 1 June 2020 at the earliest. The government’s 50 page guidance document details how the country will ease its lockdown measures. Step two of that plan, which will not be allowed to start before 1 June, includes “permitting cultural and sporting events to take place behind closed doors for broadcast, while avoiding the risk of large-scale social contact”. Continue reading
I confess I was initially sceptical about the possibility of a remote mediation. It had always seemed to me essential to a successful mediation to get all the parties into one place and go through the hard yards of working through the issues, the rounds of negotiation, the impasse and then the breakthrough that characterises most mediations. How could this be achieved remotely? Continue reading
Here I look at three recent business cases involving capped costs, including the first two cases to be tried in the capped costs list pilot scheme and one in the Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court. Both are part of the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales (B&PCs). Continue reading