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Arbitration analysis: The Court of Appeal held that proceedings brought solely to obtain security do not constitute ‘suit’ for the purposes of the...
Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: The High Court dismissed APL Holdco Limited’s petition to wind up a solvent Isle of Man company on the just and...
Dispute Resolution analysis: The High Court held that section 33(2) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 (SCA 1981) does not permit pre-action disclosure...
This week's edition of Dispute Resolution weekly highlights includes: analysis of a number of key DR developments and key judicial decisions,...
What is a tort?This Practice Note provides an introduction to tort law by addressing three questions:•what does the concept of being liable in tort...
Negligence—key elements to establish a negligence claimThis Practice Note outlines the key elements for establishing a claim in negligence. For...
Rescission of a contractWhat is rescission of a contract?The remedy of rescission is available to a party whose consent, in entering into a contract,...
The doctrine of res judicataWhat is a res judicata?A res judicata is a decision given by a judge or tribunal with jurisdiction over the cause of...
Anonymisation—protecting the identity of a personThis Practice Note looks at the protection of the identity or anonymisation of a person in civil litigation proceedings under CPR 39.2(4). It considers when the court may derogate from the general principle of open justice in the context of
Stay of civil proceedings—when can you apply to stay a claim?This Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the CPR when seeking a stay. Depending on the court in which your matter is proceeding, you may also need to be mindful of additional
What is the procedure for coming off the record? Does it require the client’s consent and/or co-operation for a solicitor to come off the court record?A solicitor is ‘on the record’ for a litigant where the address for service of a party is the business address of that solicitor unless and until the
Case management—allocation—the different case management tracksThis Practice Note considers allocation (by the court) of defended civil claims to one of the case management tracks: the small claims track, fast track, intermediate track or multi-track. It sets out what is meant by ‘allocation’, and
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