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NLJ this week: The Disclosure Pilot Scheme―almost midway, how is it going?

23 October 2020
Issue: 7907 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Disclosure , E-disclosure
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Litigation specialists present their views on how the Disclosure Pilot Scheme is working for judges and lawyers, in this week’s NLJ

The pilot, launched in January 2019 and now extended until the end of 2021, aims to change the way litigators approach the disclosure of documents and other materials relevant to their case. It tries to encourage sensible cooperation, reduce costs where possible, use technology to prevent quantities of documentation spiralling out of control and help parties focus on issue-based disclosure.

But how effective has it been, what challenges have arisen and how have litigators responded?

In a three-page article, Tracey Stretton, managing director of business consultancy Ankura, Mark Surguy, partner at Weightmans, and Johnny Shearman, professional support lawyer at Signature Litigation, analyse progress so far.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire

Gilson Gray—Jeremy Davy

Gilson Gray—Jeremy Davy

Partner appointed as head of residential conveyancing for England

DR Solicitors—Paul Edels

DR Solicitors—Paul Edels

Specialist firm enhances corporate healthcare practice with partner appointment

NEWS
The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
Writing in NLJ this week, James Harrison and Jenna Coad of Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the Privy Council’s demolition of the long-standing ‘shareholder rule’ in Jardine Strategic v Oasis Investments
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