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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 …
Court statistics for 2011
The Ministry of Justice has published its Judicial and Court Statistics for 2011. These show an increase in claims in the Commercial Court and Technology …
Part 36 offers will trump "qualified one-way costs shifting" in personal injury claims
The government has clarified certain aspects of its plans for qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS), which will apply for …
Part 36 offers: extra 10% of damages for claimants' offers to be tapered off for higher value claims
The government announced on Tuesday (10 July) that the planned additional sanction to reward claimants' Part 36 offers will be subject to a tapering …
Court can require disclosure of privileged report even where no change of expert
The High Court has considered whether a party should be ordered to disclose a privileged second report prepared by its expert, as a condition of being …
Part 36: difficulties in split trials
A recent High Court decision has highlighted difficulties arising from the application of Part 36 in the context of split trials, or trials of …
Waiver of privilege: deployment and cherry-picking
A recent tribunal decision has given a reminder of when a waiver of privilege will (or will not) extend further than a party intends: Fisher v …
Power to strike out exaggerated claim will rarely be exercised
The Supreme Court has ruled that the court has power to strike out a dishonestly exaggerated claim as an abuse of process at any stage of the …
Court of Appeal considers confidentiality obligations of in-house lawyers
The Court of Appeal has considered whether and in what circumstances a former employed lawyer will be restrained from acting adverse to a former …
Costs consequences of settlement offers made outside Part 36
The Court of Appeal has held that the court was not entitled to apply the Part 36 costs consequences "by analogy" to award indemnity costs and enhanced …
Court of Appeal upholds anti-suit injunction against non-party to arbitration clause
The Court of Appeal has upheld an anti-suit injunction against a non-party to an arbitration clause on the grounds that Russian proceedings being pursued …
Report recommends new class action for Hong Kong
Class action reform has for some time been a hot topic both in the UK and in Europe, with recent government proposals for a new "opt-out" collective …
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