25 Apr, 2024 Civil Justice Council review of litigation funding By Michael Frisby The government reaction to the Supreme Court decision in PACCAR continues to unfold (note our previous articles here and here). In...
27 Mar, 2024 The undoing of PACCAR: Hope on the horizon for litigation funding By Michael Frisby The government has moved fast following its announcement on 4 March 2024 that it would move to overturn the effects of the Supreme...
25 Mar, 2024 Britain's got Claimants... the value of lost opportunity By Olivia Bishop A disgruntled Britain’s Got Talent applicant, whose audition was cancelled in 2020, is trying to sue the programme makers Freemantle...
04 Mar, 2024 PACCAR to be overturned By Michael Frisby In a welcome announcement today, the government has said it will introduce legislation to overturn the Supreme Court decision in PACCAR...
08 Feb, 2024 ADR no longer seen by the courts as an “alternative” By Elizabeth Butler The court’s encouragement of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has long been an established feature of civil litigation in English and...
11 Jan, 2024 The cheque's in the post By Beverley Whittaker The government has recently published an explanatory memorandum on its proposed Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance...
11 Dec, 2023 GPT CGT fail - another AI cautionary tale! By James Evison The legal profession has collectively been getting very excited about AI this year. Used properly, it has huge potential to support...
07 Dec, 2023 Hague 2019 - enforcing judgments - the UK's even more ready to tango By Catherine Penny In May 2023 I was lucky enough to speak at the AIJA conference in the Hague on “The Hague Judgment Convention - a gamechanger?”. I was on...
29 Nov, 2023 The Court of Appeal confirms that courts can order compulsory ADR By Michael Frisby The pressure to allow courts to order compulsory ADR has been building for some while and today change has finally come with the Court of...
24 Nov, 2023 Establishing limitation periods in litigation: a timely reminder By Himal Bulathsinhala The recent case of Smith and another v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2023] UKSC 34 highlights the importance of time limits in litigation....
14 Nov, 2023 The Business and Property Courts to be digitised and embrace AI By Laura Beagrie Sir Geoffrey Vos used his Speech by the Master of the Rolls: Justice in the Digital Age to the Technology and Commercial Court to start a...
01 Aug, 2023 It's a 👍 from the Canadian courts for emojis By Teja Pisk A Canadian judge has ruled that a thumbs up emoji can signal contractual acceptance. The case was, unsurprisingly, very fact specific....