It has been a busy year for the Practical Law Dispute Resolution blog and we are taking a short break until Tuesday 3 January 2017.
In the meantime, please do enjoy reflecting on key cases from the year that has been by indulging in our top ten tips from 2016.
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Papers from the November 2016 Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) meeting were circulated on 13 December 2016, along with the approved minutes.
Topics under consideration included:
There were also a couple of “mystery” items, on which the minutes and papers have been redacted. Continue reading
The on-going litigation between Mr Holyoake and the Candy brothers has recently produced further interesting debate. The most recent decision of Nugee J, on 29 November, which determined the defendants’ application for security for costs, considered the construction of a settlement and the adequacy of after-the-event (ATE) insurance. However, the issue on which this blog focuses is the court’s consideration of the law on abuse of process. Continue reading