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A new approach to litigation

30 July 2015
Issue: 7663 / Categories: Legal News
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Lawyers and the courts can benefit from modern commercial practices when dealing with the litigation process, according to Richard Harrison, partner at Laytons Solicitors. Writing in NLJ this week, Harrison explains that project management should not be equated with case management, and “less still with costs management”. Harrison says the court should emphasise the task of managing cases to trial and resolution as quickly as possible. The parties should be left to be the managers of their own specific projects and agendas and employ modern commercial techniques to that end.

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