Litigation Notes

Transparency and Open Justice Board publishes proposed key objectives

Pre-action protocols: Civil Justice Council proposes bespoke protocol for commercial cases, including mandatory pre-action "dispute resolution process"

Whether and how the recommendations are implemented will be a matter for the Civil Procedure Rules Committee.

New Supreme Court Rules and Privy Council Rules from 2 December 2024

Law Society publishes 2nd edition of annual International Data Insights Report

The report highlights the continued strength of English law and dispute resolution in the global legal market

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 23: General update

Proposed new rule would radically expand public access to court documents

Law Society publishes report on global position of English and Welsh law

The Law Society of England and Wales has recently launched a new initiative to highlight the attractions of English law and of England and Wales as a …

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 21: General update

Regime of fixed recoverable costs now in force for claims up to £100,000

The new rules for fixed recoverable costs (FRC) took effect from 1 October, following on from the government's announcement as far back as September 2021 …

Article published: The interplay between data protection rules and civil litigation procedure - some judicial guidance (finally)

It is now more than five years since the GDPR propelled the issue of data protection into the forefront of legal practitioners' minds. Alongside …

New edition of Chancery Guide in force

A new edition of the Chancery Guide was published and came into force on 29 July, just before the start of the summer court recess. The first new edition …

Courts have new powers to allow remote observation of hearings

From today, courts and tribunals have new powers to allow reporters and other members of the public to observe hearings remotely, under new s.85A of the …