“The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has today published the full report by Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI), undertaken at his request, into disclosure issues that arose in the case of R v Mouncher and others.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 16th July 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Dr Karen Broadhurst of Manchester University explains the findings of a recently completed pilot involving family court advisers in public law pre-proceedings practice.”
Family Law Week, 10th July 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“A lack of resources is severely damaging the Crown Prosecution Service’s preparation of cases for court, according to a critical report by the organisation’s statutory watchdog.”
The Guardian, 10th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“HH Simon Brown QC continues his exclusive NLJ online series on costs management post-Jackson.”
New Law Journal, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
“Exempting mandatory costs budgeting for claims in excess of £2m may be ‘unnecessary and inappropriate’, a newly established sub-group of the Civil Procedure Rule committee has suggested.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st July 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Courtrooms will be fully digital by 2016 ending the court service’s ‘outdated’ reliance on paper, Justice Minister Damian Green said today.”
Ministry of Jutice, 28th June 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“Courtrooms in England and Wales will be fully digital by 2016, the government
says, ending what it described as ‘an outdated reliance on paper. ‘ ”
BBC News, 28th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Professor Judith Masson, School of Law University of Bristol, and Dr Jonathan Dickens, Centre for Research on Children and Families, University of East Anglia, explain the lessons learned for future practice from research conducted into the use of the pre-proceedings process in care cases.”
Family Law Week, 13th June 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“Fees will be introduced for workers wishing to raise a claim in the Employment Tribunal from 29 July 2013. Procedural rules governing the process will also change from that date.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Costs Management Rules, now set out at Section II of CPR 3, will apply to the majority of multi-track cases issued on or after 1st April 2013.”
Full story (PDF)
Zenith Chambers, 30th May 2013
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“HH Simon Brown QC continues his exclusive NLJ online series on costs management post-Jackson.”
New Law Journal, 31st May 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
“From 1 April 2013 a number of changes to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPRs) governing court action in England and Wales took effect. This is a summary of those changes.”
OUT-LAW.com, May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“As of 1 April 2013, standard disclosure is no longer the default provision in most multi-track cases. With disclosure often being the most expensive and time consuming part of the litigation process, this should be welcome news to litigants and solicitors alike. The recent decision in West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited v Willbros Global Holdings Inc. [2012] EWHC 396 (TCC) highlighted the significant issues encountered in the disclosure process, especially in high value claims involving e-disclosure. The new rules aim to tackle these problems by introducing stricter case management in the disclosure process.”
New Law Journal, 26th April 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
“The Jackson and associated reforms in civil court procedure are largely now in place. Extended ‘tracks’ and ‘portals’, reduced fixed fees, costs budgeting and non-recoverability of success fees will force lawyers to take a close look at the costs incurred in presenting an injury claim and how most efficiently to put the claim together. The medical report is essential, providing the foundations of much of the claim.”
New Law Journal, 19th April 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
“In all of the furore surrounding LASPO and the very real concerns about funding, it seems that very little attention has been paid to the significant changes to the CPR which will come into force on 1st April 2013. This is not an article about funding, legal aid, CFAs, DBAs, or even QOCS. Instead it is intended to provide an overview and guidance on the amendments being made to the CPR.”
Full story (PDF)
Zenith Chambers, 28th March 2013
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has today published a discussion document on ‘Reforming civil litigation’, which reflects the recommendations of a Working Group including the chairs of the Chancery Bar Association, Commercial Bar Association and the Technology and Construction Bar Association.”
The Bar Council, 25th March 2013
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“‘Throughout the web of the English Criminal Law one golden thread is always to be seen, that it is the duty of the prosecution to prove the prisoner’s guilt subject to what I have already said as to the defence of insanity and subject also to any statutory exception
No matter what the charge or where the trial, the principle that the prosecution must prove the guilt of the prisoner is part of the common law of England and no attempt to whittle it down can be entertained.’
Per Viscount Sankey in Woolmington v DPP [1935] AC 462 – emphasis added.
There cannot be an English lawyer who is unaware of this paragraph in Viscount Sankey’s judgment in Woolmington. Many non-lawyers who have chanced to read the Rumpole stories will also be as aware of, if not as attached to, it.”
Full story (PDF)
Zenith Chambers, 19th March 2013
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“Nicholas Moss JP, a member of the Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, talked about the origin of, and context for, the Criminal Procedure Rules and explained the Committee’s role.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 8th March 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings considers three important recent judgments in Children private law proceedings.”
Family Law Week, 13th February 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.com
Intellectual Property Litigation: Implementation of the Jackson Report’s Recommendations (PDF)
Speech by Mr Justice Arnold
AIPPI UK, 14th February 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
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