Latest features and comment – Page 12
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FeatureKerry Underwood on surviving budgeting: pre-action
Kerry Underwood offers advice on managing the pre-action stage post-Mitchell and Denton , in the first of a two-part series on surviving the costs budgeting process
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AnalysisDBAs: where do they stand?
Rocco Pirozzolo looks at the future of damages-based agreements - where do they go from here?
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FeaturePart of the action: the revised CPR 36
Maura McIntosh investigates the revised part 36 of the CPR, in force from 6 April
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FeatureRoundtable: Jackson reforms and your practice part 1
It’s clear that 18 months on from the inception of the Jackson reforms, litigators are continuing to grapple with their practical impact. The CJS executive committee, plus some Section members, share their experiences on how they are tackling the problems the reforms have thrown up and how their practices have ...
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FeatureRoundtable: Jackson reforms and your practice part 2
The second part of our Section roundtable event discussing the practical impact of the Jackson reforms, with a link to a podcast recording
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FeatureThe SARAH Bill: slaying the health and safety culture?
Asad Khan on why Chris Grayling’s attack on the ‘compensation culture’ won’t work
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FeatureDBAs: Failure to launch
Rocco Pirozzolo on why firms will remain unlikely to use damages-based agreements unless the MOJ reviews the legislation
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FeaturePersonal injury claims: the new "fundamentally dishonest" clause
Stratos Gatzouris on the ‘fundamentally dishonest’ clause in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, how it might work in practice and why the debate isn’t over
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FeatureTo mediate or not to mediate?
Mark Field looks at reasons to consider mediation in preference to a joint settlement meeting
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AnalysisConsumer contracts: information for clients
Kerry Underwood on the information clients must now be supplied with before signing a contract
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FAQLibrary FAQ: Scott schedules
The Law Society Library lists resources which contain precedents for Scott schedules
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FeatureDelayed flight claims – what's changed?
Sean Heywood on how two appeal decisions have clarified the position on bringing compensation claims against airlines for delayed flights
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Analysis72nd Update to the CPR and Inheritance Act 1975 claims
The 72nd Update to the CPR came into force on 22 April 2014. Amongst other things, the rules were amended to clarify the courts’ costs management powers and the cases to which costs management will now apply.
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FeatureSafe from harm
Frances Coulson argues that government plans to lift the insolvency litigation exemption are misjudged
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FeatureThe new portal: the view from the courts
Case law relating to portal claims come under Kerry Underwood’s spotlight
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FeatureGoing the distance
Nicholas Bacon KC provides a user guide to the new consumer contracts regime
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FeatureDisclosure, post-Jackson
Mark Surguy argues that the Jackson reforms in relation to disclosure will not work unless solicitors have more of an eye on the trial at the start of a case
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FeatureA delicate condition
Deborah Blythe and Sarah Towler’s top tips for providing excellent client service
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FAQFAQ: Bullock and Sanderson orders
The Law Society’s Library discusses Bullock and Sanderson orders and lists where precedents can be found.
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FeatureWe can work it out
The defendant in the recent PGF II judgment was sanctioned for refusing to consider ADR. Sana Bibi explains why following the Jackson reforms, parties should ignore mediation at their peril