Some 70% of claimants in the past year contacted the other side to try to resolve their complaint out of court, according to the Ministry of Justice’s 2014-15 Civil Court User Survey. Nearly all unspecified money claimants used legal representation, mainly funded on a “no win no fee” basis, compared with less than half of specified money claimants. Half of those specified money claimants who did use a lawyer, did not pay legal fees, perhaps because they used a trade union or law centre. Fewer than one in four claimants used a formal mediation process.
05 November 2015
Civil courts survey
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok
Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok
Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon
Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise
Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce
Three new tenants join Twenty Essex
NEWS
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
Arbitration may be private, but its confidentiality is no impenetrable shield. Writing in NLJ this week, James Glaysher of Kingsley Napley examines when courts will permit arbitral material to surface in open litigation
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’
Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application
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