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Judicial College Guidelines: what’s new in the 15th edition?
The 15th edition of the Judicial College Guidelines was published on 26 November 2019. John Cuss considers some of the key changes in this latest edition.
Damages-based agreements: Proposals for reform
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.
DIY justice?
Zoe Osborne and Peter Ibrahim consider the growth of private prosecutions.
Funding switch cases – the retrospective sting in the tail
Tom Jenkinson from Bolt Burdon Kemp recaps the recent funding switch decision in XDE v North Middlesex University Hospital Trust [2019] EWHC 1482 (QB), as well as the pressures on legal aid funding and what firms can do to help justify a funding switch.
Legal professional privilege revisited – but not for the last time
In the landmark case of Serious Fraud Office (SFO) v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), the Court of Appeal has overturned a controversial High Court decision restricting the application of litigation privilege.
