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Dispute Resolution analysis: The Court of Appeal allowed Magic Investments SA’s (Magic’s) appeal against the strike-out of its unfair prejudice...
Dispute Resolution analysis: The High Court continued a proprietary and worldwide freezing injunction against an unidentified fraudster who had...
Dispute Resolution analysis: the defendant was committed for contempt after the court found repeated and deliberate breaches of interim and final...
Dispute Resolution analysis: The minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) meeting of 27 April 2026 (held via Microsoft Teams) cover a...
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
Agreements to extend time under CPR 3.8(4) (buffer agreements)This Practice Note considers the ability for the parties to agree an extension of time for the completion of certain procedural steps or court ordered case management directions pursuant to CPR 3.8(4). For information on extension of time
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
Can a defendant discontinue its counterclaim and if so, what is the procedure for doing so and what are the cost consequences?An ‘additional claim’ is any claim other than the claim brought by the claimant against the defendant: CPR 20.2(2)(a). A counterclaim is, therefore, a species of additional
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