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HHJ Simon Brown QC continues his exclusive NLJ online series on costs management post-Jackson

The judge docketed to manage your multi-track case will be expecting that from the outset, ie the moment the defence is served supposedly crystallising the issues between them, the parties will be conferring and co-operating upon how the case is to be optimally handled by them, both justly and proportionately.

Most litigation lawyers in the US use simple fact and issue management software, such as CaseMap by LexisNexis, to help litigation teams bring together the relevant facts, documents, cast of characters and issues in their cases. E-filing using LexisNexis File & Serve gives their attorneys and staff direct control over the filing and service of court “documents”. It is operated by the court and enables its docketed judges to manage their cases efficiently and even remotely from their chambers. This software has “alerts” as in Outlook to help judges to monitor case progression and ensure that steps are

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Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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