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20/04/2018
The Ministry of Justice have released the 97th Amendment to the Civil Procedure Rules, which come into effect on 7 May 2018.
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13/04/2018
The judgment of Mr Andrew Sutcliffe QC (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) in St Clair v King and another [2018] EWHC 682 (Ch) shows the importance of procedural differences between applications to strike out a statement of case, pursuant to CPR 3.4(2), and those for summary judgment in accordance with CPR 24.2.
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09/04/2018
His Honour Judge Paul Matthews refers to his previous judgment in respect of litigants in person and notes that it is necessary to expand upon those comments.
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30/03/2018
There are several changes expected in October 2018 in relation to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs).
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23/03/2018
The Civil Liability Bill was read for the first time, in the House of Lords, on 20 March 2018.
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16/03/2018
The judgment of His Honour Judge Paul Matthews (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) in Reynard v Fox [2018] EWHC (CH) is the first reported to cite the Supreme Court’s decision in Barton v Wright Hassall LLP [2018] UKSC 12.
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13/03/2018
Although the events leading to the case The Solicitors Regulation Authority v. Malins [2018] EWCA Civ 366, are hopefully few and far between (a solicitor created a back-dated N251 notice of funding and e-mail in an attempt to cover up an error), the Court’s judgment is significant when considering the standards expected of professionals, including solicitors
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02/03/2018
The Civil Justice statistics for October – December 2017 have been published.
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23/02/2018
The Supreme Court have upheld the decisions of the lower Courts in Barton v. Wright Hassall LLP [2018] UKSC 12 not to afford a litigant in person special dispensation in relation to the usual rules of service.
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