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27 March 2013 / Dominic Regan
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Jackson Masterclass: The myths demolished

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Dominic Regan & Paul Reason sketch out a true picture of the post-Jackson world

Tosh! The word is apt to describe some of the nonsensical and erroneous ideas doing the rounds. Our aim is to paint as accurate a picture as possible of how the litigation world will change come 01 April 2013.

“Costs lawyers are in danger of extinction”

  • Nothing could be further from the truth. Budgeting will be the norm in multi-track cases although it will not apply to commercial or admiralty work. His Honour Judge Simon Brown QC has recently recorded a training talk for the Judiciary in which he makes it clear that the task of creating a plausible budget is a double act performed by the litigator in collaboration with their costs lawyer.
     
  • It is essential for each party to produce a viable budget. Get it wrong and the risk is that costs otherwise recoverable will be disallowed. When interviewed for NLJ last spring Lord Justice Jackson
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The Court of Appeal has slammed the brakes on claimants trying to swap defendants after limitation has expired. In Adcamp LLP v Office Properties and BDB Pitmans v Lee [2026] EWCA Civ 50, it overturned High Court rulings that had allowed substitutions under s 35(6)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, reports Sarah Crowther of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ

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A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
NLJ this week: Court of Appeals wrestles with Mazur fallout
The long-running Mazur saga edged towards its finale as the Court of Appeal heard arguments on whether non-solicitors can ‘conduct litigation’. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School reports from a packed courtroom where 16 wigs watched Nick Bacon KC argue that Mr Justice Sheldon had failed to distinguish between ‘tasks and responsibilities’
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Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
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As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
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