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3/20/2026 2:28:08 PM Witness evidence, technology and the court - case update By William Bainbridge The High Court has handed down its decision in UAB Business Enterprise and Another v Oneta Limited and Others [2026] EWHC 543 (Ch), a...
3/19/2026 7:33:39 PM High Court reinforces the limits of disclosure challenges under PD 57AD By Tom Whittaker Stacie Bourton In a judgment handed down on 9 March 2026 in Crane Bank Ltd v DFCU Bank Ltd [2026] EWHC 522 (Comm), the Commercial Court ruled on a...
2/25/2026 9:02:38 AM Former Directors & Legal Privilege By Stacie Bourton Serendipity Centre Ltd v Tinson is a recent case in which the Court permitted a former director to access privileged documents from their...
1/9/2025 11:55:41 AM AI bots attending remote court hearings - case update By Tom Whittaker There is relatively little publicly available insight into when and where the courts are seeing AI being used in court proceedings. ...
7/15/2024 7:48:30 AM De facto control of a third party's documents. A key battleground for disputes. By Stacie Bourton Tom Whittaker Disclosure of documents is a critical step to any dispute. Under PD57AD, a party gives disclosure by stating “that a document that is or...
11/29/2023 5:13:00 PM Has compulsory mediation landed? By Gregor Hayworth Stacie Bourton The Court of Appeal has today released its judgment in James Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ 1416...
8/23/2023 8:00:11 PM What is on the cards for Pre-Action Protocols? By Stacie Bourton The CJC published Part 1 of its final report into the role of Pre-Action Protocols (PAPs) this week. Civil Justice Council publishes...
8/4/2023 3:05:15 PM Philipp v Barclays UKSC Judgment: Quincecare Duty and Consumer Protection By Caroline Brown Stacie Bourton ‘Where the customer has authorised and instructed the bank to make a payment, the bank must carry out the instruction promptly. It is not...