Procedure & practice

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'Litigants who lose sometimes blame their lawyer' is a truth widely acknowledged in the legal sector. Writing in this week’s NLJ, Michael Bundock, barrister, dispute resolution, LexisNexis, looks specifically at the circumstances in which a negligence claim may be struck out as an abuse of process because it involves a collateral attack on the earlier judgment.

What next when a disgruntled litigant decides to sue their lawyer for negligence after losing a case? Michael Bundock examines when such a claim may be struck out as an abuse

How is international criminal law enforced today, & how might it be applied to contemporary war criminals? Simon Parsons weighs up the options

Mark Solon stresses the importance of experts knowing & following the rules

Five ‘short-term fixes’ would improve the justice system and save money in the long-term, the Law Society said this week ahead of the Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk’s appearance before the Justice Select Committee.

The criminal court backlog has grown and the number of part-time judges has fallen. 

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published a blog on ‘People, progress and purpose in the criminal courts’, written by the Chief Executive of HMCTS, Nick Goodwin.

Rules should be ‘simple and simply expressed’, according to the Courts Act 2003—yet Mr Justice Mostyn recently urged rule-makers to look again at the ‘Byzantine’ rules governing the release of documents to children proceedings.

A Byzantine set of rules governs the release of documents in children proceedings: David Burrows calls for some sorely-needed simplicity