I don’t know if it has come across your desk (or pinged up on your email), but there is an important survey being undertaken right now concerning the future role (if any) for factual witness statements in the Business & Property Courts.
REUTERS | John Kolesidis
November 14, 2018
Is this the end of witness statements?
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November 8, 2018
Costs budgeting: both sides must play by the rules or else
Running an action in the multi-track worth less than £10 million but £50,000 or more and you are not a litigant in person? Your case will be subject to costs management under Part II of CPR 3 unless the claimant is a minor, fixed costs apply or “the court otherwise orders”. That means that not later than 21 days before the first case management conference (CMC), budgets must be filed and exchanged, and an agreed budget discussion report filed no later than seven days before the first CMC (see CPR 3.12-13). Continue reading
REUTERS | Lucy Nicholson
November 7, 2018
Does a stay of proceedings apply to the service of a claim form?
In Grant v Dawn Meats, the Court of Appeal had to decide if a court imposed stay of proceedings applied to the service of the claim form, as well as procedural steps required to be taken during the stay. Continue reading