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Supreme Court approaches fifth anniversary with publication of latest annual report
The UK Supreme Court has seen ‘its busiest year to date’ according to the Court’s recently published Annual Report. Laid before Parliament last week, the report shows the Court heard 120 more appeals than in 2012/13, representing an increase of 45%. There was also a 49%…
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Harmans Costs Brief – June 2014
Last month’s Costs Brief proved to be our most popular of 2014, can we beat it with the latest issue? See for yourself, but we’re quietly confident… http://eepurl.com/Wxs-j
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Relief from Sanctions – a year on from Mitchell
Following the decision in the Mitchell case, there was a feeling that from now on, cases were going to be routinely denied relief from sanctions for the most minor of errors. As the following cases below show, although the Courts have become stricter, relief from…
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Should we be frightened of disability?
Many people assume that disabled people must be unhappy. But the empirical evidence doesn’t back this up. In A Point of View on BBC Radio 4, Tom Shakespeare argues that disability is nothing to fear. http://bbc.in/Sw7w6l This mirrors the recent report from SCOPE as to…
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CPR changes from 5 June 2014
The following three CPR provisions have been the subject of the reforms which came into force on Thursday 5 June 2014: changes to ensure it is clear that CPR 3.12 dealing with costs budgeting applies in the Admiralty and Commercial Courts how the…
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New Negligence Law for England & Wales proposed
The Ministry of Justice has proposed additional factors for consideration when deciding negligence cases that seek to ‘tackle the growth of compensation culture’ and support employers. Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced plans to introduce new legislation that require courts to take into account the…
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