Procedure & practice

Sir Julian Flaux, Chancellor of the High Court has issued a practice note confirming the process to be followed for witnesses giving evidence remotely from a foreign jurisdiction.

Environmental lawyer, Tim Crosland, has been given a £5,000 fine by the Supreme Court after it was alleged by the Attorney General, Michael Ellis QC, that Crosland disclosed a confidential Supreme Court decision to the news wire Press Association, in breach of an embargo, prior to the judgment being handed down.

The Chancellor of the High Court has published a practice note which confirms the process that is to be followed in some cases in Business in Property Courts cases for witnesses that provide evidence via video link or other remote means from a foreign jurisdiction.

Numerical nightmares & conjured-up counterclaims: Dominic Regan counts the costs of some headline headaches

Have expenses under a freezing injunction become a further means to dissipate? Natalie Todd & Richard Swan investigate

Part 36 settlement offers: Helen Armstrong & William Rowell outline how to avoid the pitfalls

Michael Zander concludes his account of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

Why the coronavirus excuse for delay won’t hold water with the commercial courts for much longer, according to Sarah Murray

With all the chaos of remote working, home schooling and other disruptions during the pandemic, it is not surprising that lawyers and litigants struggling with deadlines have cited COVID-19 as an excuse, Sarah Murray, head of dispute resolution at Stevens & Bolton, writes in this week’s NLJ.

Barristers and advocates have warned against widespread adoption of remote hearings post-pandemic.