Public law children case update: August 2022 – Local Government Lawyer
‘Jaime Turner rounds up the most interesting and relevant public law cases.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th August 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Category: case management
High Court rejects challenge to SDT case management decisions – Legal Futures
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) was right not to order the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to seek information from the BBC on behalf of a solicitor facing prosecution, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 15th August 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
High Court ruling a warning to lawyers who ‘shoehorn’ claimants into class actions – OUT-LAW.com
‘Lawyers must take note of a court’s refusal to allow multiple claimants with widely differing claims to use a single claim form, a legal expert has warned.’
OUT-LAW.com, 27th July 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Court blocks bid to issue 3,500 cases on just one claim form – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The High Court has blocked a firm’s latest attempt to issue multiple different claims through the same claim form.’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th July 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
CPS launches Defendants strategy with pledge to focus on mental health, youth justice and disproportionality – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A commitment to fairness for all parties is at the heart of a new Defendants Strategy, launched today by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).’
Crown Prosecution Service, 13th July 2022
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Case Management Order unintentionally struck out claim – 3PB
‘It is commonplace – as the President of the EAT observed in this appeal – for ETs, carrying out their case management functions at a private preliminary hearing, to seek to clarify the claims that are being pursued and to draw up a list of issues to be determined at the full merits hearing in order to decide those claims. In the present case, such a task came before an EJ sitting alone at a closed preliminary hearing – together with a great quantity of material including a document setting out the claimant’s grounds of complaint over some 64 pages.’
3PB, 3rd May 2022
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
The Limits of Applications to Remove Litigation Friends – Shirazi v Susa [2022] EWHC 477 (Ch) – New Square Chambers
‘Jian Jun (JJ) Liew explores the practical implications for applications to remove litigation friends arising from the recent High Court case of Shirazi v Susa [2022] EWHC 477 (Ch).’
New Square Chambers, 28th March 2022
Source: www.newsquarechambers.co.uk
Choose your submissions wisely, says judge in time-estimate warning – Legal Futures
‘The judge in charge of the Commercial Court has complained again about inadequate time estimates, telling advocates they cannot ask judges to read authorities after the hearing as a shortcut.’
Legal Futures, 31st March 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
County fires gun on procurement of £369k legal case management system amid mini-flurry of contract awards by local authorities – Local Government Lawyer
‘Gloucestershire County Council has started the procurement of a fully developed, off the shelf, cloud-based Legal Case Management System with Court Bundling System.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd March 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Litigation Costs – is the sky really the limit? – Mills & Reeve
‘The recent case of The Sky’s the Limit Transformation Ltd v Dr Mohammed Mirza [2022] outlines a judge’s view as to a way forward in resolving domestic building disputes in a time and cost effective manner.’
Mills & Reeve, 23rd February 2022
Source: www.mills-reeve.com
No stone left unturned to transform rape case handling says Director of Public Prosecutions – Crown Prosecution Service
‘ “Leaving no stone unturned” to transform the way rape prosecutions are handled is key to helping more victims see justice, the Director of Public Prosecutions has said today.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 22nd February 2022
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
A case management plea from the EAT – Local Government Lawyer
‘Nicholas Siddall QC analyses a recent judgment of the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the guidance there given as to the correct approach to case management by an Employment Tribunal.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th February 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Remote Hearings and the Future of the Financial Remedy Court: What We Learned from the Farquhar Report – Parts 1 and 2 – Parklane Plowden
‘The Farquhar report, authored by His Honour Judge Stuart Farquhar, was commissioned by Mostyn J (the National Lead of the Financial Remedies Court) to consider the future of the FRC and the role that remote hearings should play.’
Parklane Plowden Chambers, 1st November 2021
Source: www.parklaneplowden.co.uk
Service of documents in civil proceedings: A lesson in getting it right – Local Government Lawyer
‘Lynsey Oakdene and Kathryn Vickers highlight a recent judicial review case in which the claim form was set aside because it was served late and the court declined to exercise its case management powers.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th September 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Court of Appeal calls for fresh attention to fundamental principles of good case management in care proceedings as workload grows – Local Government Lawyer
‘The desired shift in professional practice in care proceedings can be achieved by paying fresh attention to the fundamental principles of good case management, the Court of Appeal has stressed in two cases appealed from the Family Court at Leeds.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th August 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
What does AA v BB tell us about the treatment of domestic abuse since Re H-N? – Transparency Project
‘What does AA v BB tell us about the treatment of domestic abuse since Re H-N?’
Transparency Project, 10th August 2021
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
Judge warns parties to expect sanctions for incorrect e-bundles – Legal Future
‘Judges’ patience with parties that fail to prepare electronic bundles with consistent page numbering is over and they can expect sanctions, the High Court has warned.’
Legal Futures, 10th August 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Order made by email in childcare case exhibited “serious procedural irregularity”, Court of Appeal rules – Local Government Lawyer
‘An order made by email to vacate a psychological assessment in a childcare case was wrong and unjust for “serious procedural irregularity”, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd June 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Significant development’ need not be specific for budget revision – Litigation Futures
A ‘significant development’ in litigation requiring a budget to be revised need not be a specific event at a specific time, a Queen’s Bench master has ruled.
Litigation Futures, 14th May 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
