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Dispute Resolution weekly highlights—13 July 2017

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Published on: 13 July 2017

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Table of contents

Starting and progressing a claim
Service
Relief from sanctions—filing of appeal documents
Relief from sanctions—costs budgets
Non-attendance at trial—setting aside judgment
Interim payment
Contempt
EU and Brexit
EU Regulations
Brexit

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Dispute Resolution highlights includes: our news analysis, including commentary on the Court of Appeal’s decisions on service (Gee 7) and relief from sanctions (Kaur) and various EU developments, including the introduction of new EU Regulation 2015/2421 (affecting the European Small Claims Procedure and the European Order for Payment Procedure) and various views being expressed about the future of the UK’s legal services in the light of the UK’s decision to leave the EU; our new content on serving the claim form; dates for your diary; and our latest Q&As.

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