03 November 2011

Issue: 7488 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice

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Civil way: 4 November 2011

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For CPR telephone hearings, approved providers are now Kidatu (0800 279 0405) and Arkadin (020 8600 0751).

IT’S FOR YOU

For CPR telephone hearings, approved providers are now Kidatu (0800 279 0405) and Arkadin (020 8600 0751). They join the long ringing British Telecoms (0l800 028 4194) and LegalConnect (0800 953 0405).

TRAFFIC JAM

Road traffic accident claims for repair charges by Royal & Sun Alliance policyholders have been clogging up county court lists with quantum arguments arising from the insurers’ model of having repairs carried out by a wholly owned subsidiary or one of the latter’s subcontractors. Cases have gone both ways. Now the Commercial Court is in on the arguments. Walker J in Coles and others v Hetherton and others [2011] EWHC 2405 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 6 (Oct) in a raft of cases issued upstairs by consent has joined them with 10 county court cases by transfer up and given preliminary directions with a view to the selection of some lead cases. The judge has blessed the

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Civil way: 4 November 2011

© Copyright LexisNexis 2026. All Rights Reserved.

Issue: 7488 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice

For CPR telephone hearings, approved providers are now Kidatu (0800 279 0405) and Arkadin (020 8600 0751).

IT’S FOR YOU

For CPR telephone hearings, approved providers are now Kidatu (0800 279 0405) and Arkadin (020 8600 0751). They join the long ringing British Telecoms (0l800 028 4194) and LegalConnect (0800 953 0405).

TRAFFIC JAM

Road traffic accident claims for repair charges by Royal & Sun Alliance policyholders have been clogging up county court lists with quantum arguments arising from the insurers’ model of having repairs carried out by a wholly owned subsidiary or one of the latter’s subcontractors. Cases have gone both ways. Now the Commercial Court is in on the arguments. Walker J in Coles and others v Hetherton and others [2011] EWHC 2405 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 6 (Oct) in a raft of cases issued upstairs by consent has joined them with 10 county court cases by transfer up and given preliminary directions with a view to the selection of some lead cases. The judge has blessed the

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