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Court of Appeal confirms Norwich Pharmacal orders cannot be used to obtain evidence for foreign proceedings
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the English courts do not have jurisdiction to make a Norwich Pharmacal order that evidence be produced for use in …
Court of Appeal comments on interplay between Data Protection Act and CPR disclosure
In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal has commented on the interplay between Civil Procedure Rule 31, which governs the disclosure and …
Supreme Court upholds Norwich Pharmacal order in face of competing data protection rights
A recent Supreme Court decision clarifies the approach the courts should take in deciding whether to grant Norwich Pharmacal relief in the face of …
Norwich Pharmacal orders cannot be used to obtain evidence for foreign proceedings
The High Court has held that the regime for compelling evidence, as distinguished from information, for use outside of the jurisdiction is exclusively …
Webinar alert: pre-action strategy
On Tuesday 29 May (12:45 to 1:45 UK time) John Ogilvie, Matthew Bonye and Alex Oddy will present a live audio webinar on pre-action …
Litigation from a client's perspective: top tips from the advocacy unit
On 21 March Murray Rosen QC, head of Herbert Smith's Advocacy Unit, together with support lawyers Pamela Kiesselbach and David Phillips, presented a …
Webinar alert - Conducting litigation from the client's perspective: top tips from the Advocacy Unit
On Wednesday 21 March (12:45 to 1:45 UK time) Murray Rosen QC, David Phillips and Pamela Kiesselbach will present a …
Court of Appeal takes broad view of "control" for disclosure purposes
The Court of Appeal has held that in determining whether documents in the possession of a third party are in a litigant's control, and therefore fall …
Controlling the costs of disclosure: "menu" option approved
In a recent post we reported that the Civil Procedure Rule Committee was expected to approve a draft rule to implement Lord Justice …
Progress toward disclosure "menu"
In our September update on the Jackson reforms (Jackson reforms: taking stock) we reported that a sub-committee of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee had …
Relevance not sufficient for standard disclosure
The Court of Appeal has reiterated the distinction between the broad discovery regime that applied before the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules …
Jackson reforms: taking stock
In addition to the headline reforms which are to be implemented through primary legislation currently before Parliament, progress is ongoing toward the …
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