ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note sets out the guidance in Practice Notice by the Senior Costs Judge—Hearings and Detailed assessments in the Senior Courts Costs Office. It explains how hearings and detailed assessments are dealt with in the Senior Courts Costs Office (SCCO). It is not maintained and is for background information only. It makes it clear that due to the hard work of the court staff, together with practitioners willingness to adapt, very few costs hearings in the SCCO have had to be adjourned during the current pandemic. The purpose of the judicial Practice Note is to put in place clear guidance as to how hearings and detailed assessments will be conducted in the SCCO. This Practice Note sets out the different issues covered in the judicial Practice Note and provides links through to useful underlying guidance. NOTE: CPR PD 51O has been revoked but this guidance note for detailed assessment has not yet been updated to reflect this position. CPR PD 5C (CE-File electronic filing and case management

Remote execution of documents has become increasingly popular. This Checklist of resources sets out some of the considerations for remote execution of documents when parties are not able to meet in person. Key commercial resources We have produced a collection that is a comprehensive, interactive resource to help users identify and work through the concepts and common issues when executing documents, including information relating to remote execution. Each section or phase includes practical guidance, precedent clauses and Q&As relevant to that section. For more information, see: Execution collection. This Checklist considers remote execution from a general commercial perspective only and assumes that the agreements are subject to English law. For general information and guidance relating to execution, see: Execution—overview. For more specific guidance on execution requirements in other Practice Areas please check that Practice Area’s content. The Law Society has also brought together a variety of established guidance on execution of documents by virtual means, execution of documents using electronic signatures, its ‘Tips on how to operate in practice’ in relation to virtual execution and the use of e-signatures and

The Insolvency Service has published its monthly insolvency statistics for May 2024 on company and individual insolvencies. The data shows that 2,006 company insolvencies were registered, 21% lower than in May 2023 and higher than during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and between 2014 and 2019. For individuals, the total number of insolvencies in May 2024 was 9,266, 3% higher than in May 2023.

This week's edition of Insurance & Reinsurance weekly highlights includes: Restaurant can’t extend physical damage policy to coronavirus (COVID-19) claim (Bellini (N/E) Ltd v Brit UW Ltd); insurer signs settlement over Russia-stranded planes (BOC Aviation (Ireland) Ltd and another v Convex Insurance UK Ltd and others); the Association of British Insurers (ABI) takes action on motor premium finance; insured disaster losses already at US$17bn in 2024; the Lloyd's Market Association (LMA) updates consumer wordings guidance; UK insurers vow to curb premium finance ‘tax on poor’; UN Insurance Climate Group relaunched after backlash; the International Underwriting Association (IUA) strongly oppose the Financial Conduct Authority’s proposals to publicise unresolved enforcement investigations; Insurance Europe urges the EU to publish a clear and coherent roadmap for the development of the Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive (IRRD); the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) report takes the pulse of digitalisation in the European insurance market; cases & decisions; key dates for your diary; and other news highlights reported over the past week.

The timetable for Budgets was, in theory, reformed in autumn 2017. Under that timetable, a non-general election year should only contain one ‘major fiscal event’, ie an Autumn Budget. However, due to the impact of general elections and the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic since 2017, there have been various Spring Budgets either as well as or instead of Autumn Budgets in 2019, 2020 and 2021. The last Budget took place on 27 October 2021. In a calendar year without a general election or other major disruptive event, the annual Budget cycle announced in 2017 is

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): Many arbitral organisations have responded to the coronavirus pandemic with practical guidance and/or changes to their usual procedures and ways of working. This Practice Note deals with the requirements of an award under the 2017 International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Rules of Arbitration (2017 ICC Rules). The 2017 ICC Rules apply to any ICC arbitration commenced on or after 1 March 2017, unless the parties have agreed to submit to the rules in force on the date of their arbitration agreement (which is unlikely). The 2017 ICC Rules include: • an expedited procedure which automatically applies where the arbitration agreement is entered into after 1 March 2017 and the amount in dispute is below US$2m. In cases above this threshold, the parties must opt-in. For guidance on the ICC expedited procedure, including the requirements for awards under the procedure, see Practice Note: ICC (2017)—expedited procedure [Archived] • amended costs provisions effective from 1 January 2017. For guidance on costs in ICC

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. For more information, see subtopic: New and updated content in Risk and Compliance. This Practice Note keeps you informed, on a month-by-month basis, about amended existing content and newly-published content in Risk & Compliance. This content may have been added or amended to reflect regulatory changes or as part of our ongoing content development. December 2021 New or updated? Content Reason New Practice Note: Risk & Compliance forecast as at 14 December 2021 Content development New Precedent: DPIA or PIA approval form Content development New Practice Note: Coronavirus (COVID-19)—managing the workplace 30 November 2021 to 23 February 2022 [Archived] Content development to reflect latest government guidance. Updated Practice Note: Money Laundering Regulations 2017—governance and reporting lines Updated for SRA guidance on AML governance—Three Pillars of Success. Updated Practice Notes:—Brexit legislation tracker [Archived]—Brexit timeline [Archived] Updated to reflect latest Brexit developments. Updated Practice Notes:—Coronavirus (COVID-19)—managing the workplace 19 July

Law360: Claimants pursuing legal action against the UK tax authority in England and Wales will continue to be able to serve documents by email, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said on 18 March 2024, making the process it introduced during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic permanent.

Definitions (General) Competent Authority • any authority having jurisdiction in relation to the Property, its occupation or use; Restricted Period • any period [exceeding [number] [continuous] weeks] during the Term in which a Pandemic Restriction applies; Pandemic Restriction • any Legislation, or any requirement

Definitions (General) Competent Authority • any authority having jurisdiction in relation to the Property, its occupation or use; Restricted Period • any period [exceeding [number] [continuous] weeks] during

This Tracker considers key legislative changes, consultations and other relevant developments of interest to Dispute Resolution (DR) lawyers, where those developments are no longer on-going but may be of interest for historic purposes. It covers alternative dispute resolution (ADR), Brexit, debt management, civil procedure, consumer contracts, enforcement and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). For current developments, see Practice Note: Tracker—legislation, consultations and other developments—Dispute Resolution. To track lawtech developments, see Practice Note: Tracker—cryptoassets for Dispute Resolution lawyers. ADR Consultation Key dates Details Civil Justice Council (CJC) Interim Report on the future role of ADR in Civil Justice October 2017–15 December 2017 In January 2016, the CJC resolved to form a Working Group to review the ways in which ADR (not including arbitration) had been encouraged and positioned within the civil justice system in England and Wales.The CJC published its interim report of that working group in October 2017.The CJC argued that ADR has failed to achieve the integral position in the civil justice system that was intended and expected for it at the

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published data on deaths reported to coroners in 2020 in England and Wales. As the dataset spans the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the MoJ warns that caution should be exercised when comparing the statistics to those from previous years as the Coronavirus Act 2020 introduced temporary easements to death management and affected the way deaths have been reported to coroners. The data shows that, in 2020, the number of deaths reported was lowest since 1995, deaths in state detention were up by 18% as compared to 2019, 7% more inquests opened, and 34% of all registered deaths were reported to coroners. In addition, it has taken on average 27 weeks to complete and inquest, while 30,900 inquest conclusions were recorded, amounting to a 1% decrease from 2019.