At the Costs Law Report Conference 2016 in London last week, Stuart-Smith J gave the key note speech, in which he revealed that when listing a case management and costs management hearing, he allows 10 minutes to accommodate the costs budgeting part of a costs and case management conference (CCMC). Continue reading
Most of us are, by nature, creatures of habit (lawyers perhaps more so than others). Our particular habits are generally harmless. It is unlikely that anyone will be adversely affected if you always go to the same coffee shop for your morning coffee, or always use your childhood pet’s name as your password. But it seems that, when it comes to drafting claims, some lawyers have a habit that isn’t entirely innocuous. Continue reading
In Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics v Abbvie Biotechnology Ltd, Arnold J considered the court’s jurisdiction to grant a domestic anti-suit injunction in circumstances where there is no contractual bar to a claim, such as an arbitration clause or an exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of the courts of another jurisdiction; in other words, quite unusual circumstances. Continue reading