Dispute Resolution weekly highlights—23 August 2018

Table of contents

• Key DR developments
• Court and the legal profession—revised QBD Guide
• CPR—anticipated reforms (99th PD update and SI)
• Brexit—Brexit White Paper examining the UK vision for a future UK/EU economic partnership
• Evidence and disclosure
• Factual evidence—non-party access to documents on court file
• Privilege—iniquity exception
• Starting and progressing a civil claim
• Court’s case management powers—discontinuance
• Is there an obligation to notify another party of their mistake?

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Article summary

This week's edition of Dispute Resolution weekly highlights includes news of the revised Queen’s Bench Guide 2018 and anticipated reforms to the CPR (99th update and SI) together with analysis of some key judicial decisions relevant to dispute resolution practitioners including that of the Court of Appeal in Cape Intermediate Holdings v Dring (non-party access to court documents). It also includes dates for your diary, our recently published Q&As and links to articles of potential interest to litigators.