Procedure & practice

Former district judge Stephen Gold covers the legal issues and remedies where a lawyer makes a harmless error, in this week’s NLJ. Gold notes the court’s view, in the particular case mentioned, that ‘the court should not punish a party for the harmless error of its legal representatives’.

Whiplash mini-rise; discrimination bands up; apologies OK; wrong defendant blues; non-binary name change.

A company seeking an anti-suit injunction has lost at the Court of Appeal due to its failure to provide enough information.

Iris Karaman & Kate Chan discuss the practical impact of the EU’s proposed ‘Omnibus’ package

The European Commission’s proposed ‘Omnibus’ package sets out an array of proposed amendments to simplify corporate sustainability requirements and reduce paperwork. In this week’s NLJ, Iris Karaman, senior associate, and Kate Chan, associate, at Pillsbury Law, look at the ‘Omnibus’ content and assess its practical implications for business.

The nine-year reform programme to modernise and digitalise the courts has ended.

Hold tightly in family; LPA is 100; suing too high; hello Business Ombudsman; new consumer law; employment awards up.

If widely ratified, Hague 2019 will enhance global access to justice, writes Natalie Todd

There are only three months left before Hague 2019 takes effect on 1 July. In this week’s NLJ, Natalie Todd, partner at Cooke, Young & Keidan, looks ahead to the arrival of this important Convention which facilitates the effective international enforcement of foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters.

An ‘intensive disclosure regime’ should be put in place to help judges manage data-heavy cases, according to the chair of the Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences, Jonathan Fisher KC.