Late amendments – A new approach – Hardwicke Chambers

Posted July 28th, 2015 in amendments, appeals, costs, news, proportionality by sally

‘In CIP Properties (AITP) Limited v Galliford Try Infrastructure Limited Anors (No.3) [2015] EWHC 1345 (TCC) Coulson J reviewed the post-Jackson authorities governing amendments to statements of case. The judgment leaves little doubt that there is a new approach to applications to amend and that courts will be much more willing to consider questions of procedural prejudice when determining whether permission should be granted.’

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Hardwicke Chambers, 10th June 2015

Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk

Requesting a court revisit its judgment – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 27th, 2015 in amendments, judgments, legal representation, news, time limits by sally

‘The recent case of Heron Bros Ltd v Central Bedfordshire Council (No 2) [2015] EWHC 1009 (TCC) considered the extent to which a court may exercise its discretion and revisit its judgment in the light of a new point.’

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Law Society’s Gazette, 27th July 2015

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Late applications to amend come a cropper in High Court – Litigation Futures

Posted April 30th, 2015 in amendments, banking, case management, delay, evidence, litigants in person, news by sally

‘The High Court has condemned as “utterly inappropriate” a bid by one of the big banks to amend its defence and serve a new witness statement on a litigant in person on the eve of trial.’
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Litigation Futures, 29th April 2015

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

Variation of employment contracts – Hardwicke Chambers

Posted March 17th, 2015 in amendments, contract of employment, employment, employment tribunals, news by sally

‘If employers want to vary a contract of employment they must first make sure that they have a very clear right to do so.’

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Hardwicke Chambers, 18th February 2015

Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk

Lords inflict government defeat over visa laws – BBC News

Posted February 26th, 2015 in amendments, bills, news, parliament, visas by sally

‘The government has suffered a narrow defeat in the House of Lords over its Modern Slavery Bill.’

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BBC News, 25th February 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

MPs reject backbench bid to amend abortion laws – BBC News

Posted February 24th, 2015 in abortion, amendments, gender, news, parliament, sex discrimination by sally

‘MPs have defeated a cross-party bid to clarify in law that abortion on the grounds of gender alone is illegal in the UK.’

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BBC News, 24th February 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Register your s.13 notices – NearlyLegal

Posted August 4th, 2014 in amendments, appeals, enfranchisement, housing, leases, news by sally

‘The recent decision in Regent Wealth Ltd and others v Wiggins [2014] EWCA Civ 1078 is a clear reminder to practitioners to register notices under s.13, Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.’

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NearlyLegal, 3rd August 2014

Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk

Ballinger and another v Mercer Ltd and another – WLR Daily

Ballinger and another v Mercer Ltd and another; [2014] EWCA Civ 996; [2014] WLR (D) 335

‘Where a claimant applied to introduce a new claim by amendment under CPR r 17.4, and the defendant could show a prima facie defence of limitation, the burden was on the claimant to show that the defence was not reasonably arguable. Amendments seeking to add or substitute a new cause of action would only be permitted if they arose out of the same or substantially the same facts as were already in issue on the existing claims.’

WLR Daily, 17th July 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Rewriting the Register? Statutory powers and jurisdiction to amend the Register of Companies – 11 Stone Buildings

Posted June 5th, 2014 in amendments, company law, documents, news by sally

‘In Registrar of Companies v Angela Swarbrick, Maurice Moses and Craig Lewis (as Joint Administrators of Gardenprime Limited) [2014] EWHC 1466 (Ch), the High Court provides guidance on the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 which permit the removal of unnecessary material on the Register of Companies and clarifies the extent of the Court’s jurisdiction to control the Registrar of Companies’ functions in this regard. Sarah Clarke explains a decision which is likely to expand the circumstances in which the Registrar will agree to remove material.’

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11 Stone Buildings, May 2014

Source: www.11sb.com

Amending a statement of case after limitation period has ended – Hardwicke Chambers

‘In Chandra & ors v Brooke North [2013] EWCA Civ 1559 the Court of Appeal gives practitioners and courts useful guidance about the correct approach to applications to amend introducing new claims outside limitation periods. The history of the case is a demonstration of the procedural knots and costly consequences for the parties that can be created when the lower courts go further than they should.’

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Hardwicke Chambers, 13th March 2014

Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk

Life after death – New Law Journal

‘Jonathan Herring explores a clear case of compassion from the courts.’

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New Law Journal, 4th April 2014

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Bankers may be jailed under proposed new UK law – BBC News

Posted October 3rd, 2013 in amendments, banking, bills, crime, news by sally

“Senior bankers could face criminal charges for ‘reckless’ misconduct leading to the fall of a bank, under new UK government plans.”

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BBC News, 1st October 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Hillsborough: Fans’ accounts and more police statements ‘amended’ – BBC News

Posted September 11th, 2013 in amendments, evidence, inquests, news, ombudsmen, police, sport by tracey

“Statements of a further 74 police officers involved in the Hillsborough stadium disaster ‘may have been amended’, the police watchdog has said.”

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BBC News, 11th September 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Regina v Chapman – WLR Daily

Regina v Chapman [2013] EWCA Crim 1370; [2013] WLR (D) 318

“Once an appeal had been constituted by filing a notice of appeal in time or by obtaining an extension of time from the court, the order of the court below was subject to review and not final and the court could not justify refusing to allow the defendant to take advantage of a change in the law which occurred between the filing of the notice of appeal and the hearing itself.”

WLR Daily, 29th July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Permission to amend after expiry of time limits – and an unfair hearing – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted July 19th, 2013 in amendments, appeals, civil procedure rules, news, planning, time limits by sally

“There is a curious if not bizarre set of anomalies about planning and environmental challenges. Where they involve an attack on a decision by the Secretary of State (typically in respect of a decision by a planning inspector after inquiry), the route is via section 288 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990. There is a strict 6 week time limit, with no discretion to extend – but no need for permission to apply as in judicial review. But where there is a challenge to any other decision, the time limit (at the moment) is 3 months, with discretion to extend – but also a discretion to disallow if the application was not ‘prompt’ even within the 3 months (see my post on this last point) and the permission hurdle to clear.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 18th July 2013

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

San Vicente and another v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and others – WLR Daily

San Vicente and another v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and others [2013] EWCA Civ 817; [2013] WLR (D) 267

“An application for permission to amend the grounds of an application under section 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 which had been made after the expiry of the six-week period allowed by section 288(3) for the institution of section 288 proceedings was governed by CPR r 17.1(2), not by CPR r 17.4.”

WLR Daily, 5th July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Costs budgets- revisions and indemnity costs – 4 New Square

Posted June 26th, 2013 in amendments, budgets, costs, indemnities, news by sally

“On 14 June 2013 in Elvanite Full Circle Ltd v AMEC Earth & Environmental (UK) Ltd [2013] EWHC 1643 (TCC) Mr Justice Coulson handed down another important judgment on the application of the new costs management rules (in CPR r.3.15- r.3.18), albeit his decision relates to the Costs Management in Mercantile Courts and Technology and Construction Courts – Pilot Scheme (‘PD 51G’). In particular, Coulson J considered (i) the impact of an order for costs on the indemnity basis; (ii) what a party needs to do to seek approval of a revised costs budget; (iii) when a party should make an application for such approval; and (iv) what test the court applies on such an application. Coulson J’s findings are highlighted in bold below.”

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4 New Square, 25th June 2013

Source: www.4newsquare.com

“Legislating for Responsible Capitalism”. A paper by Stephen Hockman QC – Six Pump Court

“Stephen Hockman QC has written a paper published by the Policy Network, entitled ‘Legislating for Responsible Capitalism: what it means in practice’.”

In the paper, he explores the legal amendments available to improve the monitoring, transparency and accountability of corporate practice.”

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Six Pump Court, 19th June 2013

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High Court rejects post-trial bid to double costs budget – Litigation Futures

Posted June 18th, 2013 in amendments, budgets, costs, news by sally

“The High Court has rejected a bid by a successful defendant to nearly double its approved £270,000 costs budget after the case had concluded.”

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Litigation Futures, 17th June 2013

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

The end of late chopping and changing – New Law Journal

Posted April 22nd, 2013 in amendments, budgets, civil procedure rules, costs, news, pleadings, trials by sally

“‘We will amend at trial’ was one of the most common phrases in legal parlance. No more. It is evident on several fronts that the days of belated change, even well before trial, are over. I would go so far as to say that a practitioner failing to act at the earliest possible opportunity is now looking at a potential negligence claim. The robust new attitude demonstrated by Lord Justice Jackson and his cohorts has been applied to pleadings, experts and joinder.”

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New Law Journal, 18th April 2013

Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk