CA rejects challenge to abolition of oral permission hearings
The Court of Appeal has rejected a challenge to the abolition of most oral permission-to-appeal hearings before it. The rule change was “miles away” from infringing the common law right of access to justice.
Part 36 consequences “are severable”, High Court rules
The court can decide it is unjust to award some, but not all, of the consequences of beating a part 36 offer, a High Court judge has ruled. But the court could only award the 10% uplift and not a lesser amount.
Innsworth to back Mastercard action as IMF launches new fund
The third-party litigation funder that stepped in late in the day to fund the appeal in the £14bn Mastercard consumer claim is backing the entire case. We also have news from funders IMF, LCM and Burford.
Flexible court hours pilots to start in September
The flexible operating hours pilots for civil and family courts are to begin on 2 September, the Ministry of Justice has announced. It said the aim was to test whether this would offer “better access to justice”.
Security for costs sanction for party that ignored CMC deadline
The High Court has ordered a party that missed the deadline to fix the date of a case management conference by more than four years to pay security for costs as a sanction.
Litigation funding platform targets wealthy private investors
An online funding platform has recruited 200 high net-worth individuals to back commercial litigation cases in the UK and is employing litigation analytics to support its work.
Equalities watchdog slams legal aid rules in discrimination cases
Difficulties in obtaining legal aid funding in discrimination law cases has created insurmountable barriers, leading to a denial of justice, new research has found.
Costs were not made to measure in tailoring dispute, says judge
The High Court has condemned the costs of a straightforward breach of confidence case as “completely out of proportion”. The focus had wrongly been put on had been invested, rather than lost
