An early look at the application of the new guideline hourly rates Update 8th Jul 2022Costs, CPR & Courts, CPR 44.6, Delegation, Excessive Rates, New Guideline Hourly Rates, PD44-9.2, Summary assessment of costsFOILRushbrooke UK Ltd v 4 Designs Concept Ltd (2022) EWHC 1416 (Ch)
Defendants and Damages Based Agreements Update 7th Jul 2022CPR & Courts, Damages, Damages Based Agreement Regulations 2013, Defendants, Legal principles, No recovery from the other side, S45 LASPO 2012, S58AA Courts and Legal Services Act 1990FOILCandey Limited v Tonstate Group Limited and others (2022) EWCA Civ 936
Harnessing Male Allyship to Build a Truly Gender Equal Workspace Update 7th Jul 2022ESG, Event, FOIL, Gender Equal Workspace, Male AllyshipFOILThis event was held (virtually) on 15th June 2022 and was led by Mark Huxley (MH), special adviser to London FOIL.
Civil Justice Council (CJC) Working Group – Initial Report Update 4th Jul 2022Cost budgeting, Costs, Digital Justice System, Extension of Fixed Recoverable Costs, Guideline hourly rates, Portals, Pre-action protocols, Protocols and Portals, Review of costs issuesFOILA working group set up at the request of the Master of the Rolls has published its initial report on costs. The group has adopted a strategic and holistic approach to its review of costs issues.
Tariff, non-tariff or what? Update 4th Jul 2022Damages, Injury, Motor, Non-tariff injury, Overlap, Tariff Injury, WhiplashFOILHow one District Judge is approaching the assessment of damages under CPR PD27B
Product liability: the evidential burden Update 30th Jun 2022Abuse & safeguarding, Burden of proof, Clinical Negligence, Consumer Protection Act 1998, Defective, Legal principles, Medical Devices, Medicinal Products, Product Liability, Product Liability, Safeguarding InnovationFOILHastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Limited and another (Scotland) (2022) UKSC 19
Invitation to CJC conference on costs Update 23rd Jun 2022Costs, Costs ConferenceFOILThe Civil Justice Council will shortly be launching a consultation on costs.
Workplace Claims in an Age of Anxiety Update 23rd Jun 2022Age of Anxiety, Employers laibility, ESG, Workplace claimsFOIL Ireland
Workplace claims in an Age of Anxiety – Slides Update 23rd Jun 2022Age of Anxiety, Employers laibility, ESG, Workplace claimsFOIL Ireland
Interpreting Clause C of ‘ASG 2’ Update 16th Jun 2022Collision Jurisdiction Agreement, CPR & Courts, English Court, Legal principles, Letter of Understanding (LOU), Motor, Property, Sufficiency of SecurityFOILM/V Pacific Pearl Company Limited v Osios David Shipping Inc (2022) EWCA Civ 798
All You (Now) Need to Know About BI & Covid Update 31st May 2022Business Interruption, Corona Virus, Coronavirus, COVID-19, FCA, Legal, Property, Test cases, Trade bodies / regulatorsFOILFOIL selectLondon Market FOILSponsorsTIPsThis presentation was held on 24th May 2022 and was led by Ian Stebbings and Robbie Parkin of 1 Chancery Lane Chambers.
All change, again – Commencement of the Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018 Update 26th May 2022Delict, Legal, Legal principles, Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018, Standstill Agreements, Timebar, TortFOIL ScotlandThe Scots law of Prescription, or timebar, has provided many opportunities for articles over the last decade with the starting point for the five-year timebar period moving steadily back to the benefit of defenders. Now a rebalancing is to be introduced alongside a number of other steps.
