Tag: case management

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18 December 2015

Supreme Court decision confirms second attempt at relief from sanctions will be uphill battle

The Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Appeal's decision overturning the grant of a second application for relief from sanctions for failure to …

16 December 2015

Court of Appeal underlines high hurdle to overturn decisions re strike out or relief from sanctions

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against a High Court decision refusing to strike out a claim for procedural failures even though, in the …

18 August 2015

Relief from sanctions: how far has the pendulum swung back?

In recent months we have seen a number of decisions which show a greater willingness to grant relief from sanctions for breaches of rules and …

08 July 2015

Party in breach of unless order for disclosure due to failures in OCR process

The High Court has held that claimant liquidators were in breach of an "unless order" for disclosure where the low quality of OCR copies of scanned …

17 February 2015

Establishing "good reason" for breach of order following change of solicitors may require waiver of privilege

The High Court has extended a witness statement deadline, where a party was in breach of the previous timetable, but refused to vacate …

19 December 2014

Court of Appeal finds clear breach of unless order for e-disclosure

The Court of Appeal has held that claimant liquidators were in breach of an "unless order" for e-disclosure, overturning the High Court's …

18 December 2014

Court of Appeal decision underlines dangers of delay in filing notice of appeal

The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the courts will apply the same rigorous approach to a retrospective application to extend time for filing a …

27 November 2014

UK Supreme Court: merits generally irrelevant to enforcement of case management directions

In a judgment given yesterday (26 November) the majority of the Supreme Court has expressed the view that the strength of a party's case on the …

31 October 2014

Compliance with court rules and orders post-Denton: where are we now?

In its high-profile Mitchell decision last November, the Court of Appeal introduced tough new guidance on the court's …

22 July 2014

Article published on recent clarification of Mitchell guidance on relief from sanctions

The Court of Appeal's decision in the high-profile Mitchell "plebgate" case last November introduced tough new guidance on the approach …

18 July 2014

High Court considers relevance of Mitchell to late application to challenge jurisdiction

A deputy judge has held that deemed submission to the jurisdiction by failing to challenge jurisdiction on time is not a sanction, so no question of …

09 July 2014

Upcoming webinar - Compliance with court rules and orders post-Mitchell: Guidance for in-house lawyers

On Wednesday 16 July 12.45 – 1.45pm BST Chris Bushell, Gregg Rowan and Maura McIntosh will deliver a webinar for Herbert Smith …