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Welcome to the Civil Litigation Section - the community for civil litigators and mediators. We provide you with support and guidance including webinars, events, features and case commentaries.

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Features and opinion

Success story: Client service in serious injury cases
Civil Litigation in 2019: a year in review
FAQ: strange and unusual citations
Judicial College Guidelines: what’s new in the 15th edition?
Damages-based agreements: Proposals for reform
DIY justice?
Disclosure pilot: still too much information?
Four key characteristics to look for when instructing an expert witness
Freelance solicitors
On the record: making the most of time recording

Whiplash claims portal – how to register

2020-01-13T09:31:00+00:00

Claimant representatives can register to use the new online claims portal service from 22 January 2020.

E-filing mandatory in Senior Courts Costs Office matters from January 2020
2020-01-09T10:23:00+00:00

All news

Inclusive webinars

Webinar: Mediation – 2020 vision/the future for litigators (OnDemand)
Join this webinar which will focus on recent developments in the field of mediation.
Webinar: Commercial litigation update 2019 (OnDemand)
Join this webinar for an update on key developments for commercial litigators between 2018 and 2019.
Webinar: Recent changes to the Financial Ombudsman Service (OnDemand)
Take part in our webinar to gain an understanding of the FOS’s new jurisdiction.

All events and training

Damages-based agreements: Proposals for reform

2019-12-03T15:43:00+00:00By Maura McIntosh

Maura McIntosh explains the proposals to amend the rules relating to damages-based agreements (DBAs), looking at the key issues with the 2013 regulations and how changes might encourage more practitioners to use DBAs.

Four key characteristics to look for when instructing an expert witness

2019-10-10T16:24:00+01:00By Arthur Harverd

Having completed 40 years’ service as an expert witness in litigation and arbitration proceedings, Arthur Harverd reflects on the essential qualities that solicitors should seek when appointing expert witnesses.

Missed PPI claims: the next big trend in civil litigation?
2019-08-08T09:08:00+01:00By Jane Williams
Reforming fixed recoverable costs
2019-06-05T10:33:00+01:00By Sir Rupert Jackson

What’s changing in clinical negligence litigation?
2019-03-27T10:58:00+00:00By James Bell
How reliable are witness statements and can AI help improve them?
2019-02-04T15:20:00+00:00By Julia Shaw

All features and comment

Mediation focus

Can mediation deliver in cost disputes?
2019-01-18T16:18:00+00:00By Avi Dolties
Mediation – where do we go now?
2018-08-14T11:54:00+01:00By Peter Causton
Mediation in uncertain times: CMC annual conference report
2017-06-02T09:48:00+01:00By Jonathan Haydn-Williams

What happens in a mediation stays in a mediation. Or does it?
2017-04-05T09:09:00+01:00By Deborah Burke
They think it’s all over... it should be now
2016-12-13T12:31:00+00:00By Mark Field
Interview: Tim Wallis, mediator and solicitor
2016-10-03T13:31:00+01:00

All Mediation focus

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The Civil Litigation Section will provide you with support, advice, networking opportunities and enable the sharing of best practice with peers.

The current Section Engagement Programme has been created in consultation with the Section Committee and will focus on key issues including:

costs
budgeting and management
court fees
access to justice
alternative dispute resolution
profitability
clinical negligence
fixed costs
J codes
adjudication
PIcARBS
service
jurisdiction
consumer protection
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These issues will be addressed through a range of activities including: seminars, workshops, webinars, conferences, e-newsletters, magazines amd Twitter.

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