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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...
8/2/2023 6:25:24 PM Wishful thinking in litigation By Stacie Bourton We have all heard the expression "wishful thinking", but the recent decision of Old Park Capital Maestro Fund Ltd [2023] EWHC 1886 (Ch)...
11/23/2021 8:18:53 AM It started with a ... 'witness statement' By Stacie Bourton If you google the sentence ‘being asked to’ then I’m sure the words ‘godparent’ ‘bridesmaid’ ‘best man’ may produce a result. Being asked...
11/4/2021 8:00:42 AM Trial is by Judge, not expert By Stacie Bourton There are lots of things you need to get right when you are party to a civil dispute, but often appointing a knowledgeable expert witness...