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Norwich Pharmacal orders cannot be used to obtain evidence for foreign proceedings
The High Court has held that the regime for compelling evidence, as distinguished from information, for use outside of the jurisdiction is exclusively …
Webinar alert: pre-action strategy
On Tuesday 29 May (12:45 to 1:45 UK time) John Ogilvie, Matthew Bonye and Alex Oddy will present a live audio webinar on pre-action …
Litigation from a client's perspective: top tips from the advocacy unit
On 21 March Murray Rosen QC, head of Herbert Smith's Advocacy Unit, together with support lawyers Pamela Kiesselbach and David Phillips, presented a …
Webinar alert - Conducting litigation from the client's perspective: top tips from the Advocacy Unit
On Wednesday 21 March (12:45 to 1:45 UK time) Murray Rosen QC, David Phillips and Pamela Kiesselbach will present a …
Court of Appeal takes broad view of "control" for disclosure purposes
The Court of Appeal has held that in determining whether documents in the possession of a third party are in a litigant's control, and therefore fall …
Controlling the costs of disclosure: "menu" option approved
In a recent post we reported that the Civil Procedure Rule Committee was expected to approve a draft rule to implement Lord Justice …
Progress toward disclosure "menu"
In our September update on the Jackson reforms (Jackson reforms: taking stock) we reported that a sub-committee of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee had …
Relevance not sufficient for standard disclosure
The Court of Appeal has reiterated the distinction between the broad discovery regime that applied before the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules …
Jackson reforms: taking stock
In addition to the headline reforms which are to be implemented through primary legislation currently before Parliament, progress is ongoing toward the …
Non-party disclosure ordered in support of enforcement
The High Court has found that the court has jurisdiction to order non-parties to disclose documents after, as well as before, judgment: North Shore …
Herbert Smith to open new Belfast office for document review
In November we announced that we would be setting up an operation in Belfast, focusing on document review work for major litigation, arbitration and …
Herbert Smith launches important publications on document retention and data management
With the proliferation of electronic documents, the globalisation of commerce and disputes, and options to store documents remotely in cheaper and more …
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