The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2024 come into force on 6 April 2024. The Rules clarify that when a case is on the intermediate track, any expert’s report shall not exceed 20 pages: including the expert’s description of the issues on which they are instructed to give their opinion, the conclusions they have reached and …
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The government has announced a consultation on proposed changes to the CPR: Court Documents Consultation – Access to Court Documents by Non-Parties: proposed new CPR 5.4C. The proposed reforms flow from the UK SC judgment in Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd v Dring [2019] UKSC 38 (see below). The proposed changes to CPR Rule 5.4C would …
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This case was an important decision in the context of open justice. A key point which has no doubt prompted the above consultation is that the SC urged bodies responsible for framing the court rules in each part of the United Kingdom to give consideration to and consult on the questions of principle and practice …
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The CA has heard a case in a family context which has much wider implications for litigators. The CA summarised the position thus: ‘1. In this appeal, brought by a local authority against findings made in care proceedings concerning a small boy, hereafter referred to as Y, this Court is confronted again with a case …
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The SC has heard a case involving a modest amount of money, but which it recognised would affect a lot of other cases. The SC press release is as follows: ‘Background to the Appeal This case concerns a road traffic accident in which a car was damaged. Although the sum at stake is only £1,560, …
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