PORTALS FOR MORTALS
HMCTS has issued specific rules for naming documents which are to be uploaded to ‘case file view’ on the contested financial remedy portal. Be warned. You are stuck with the name you create so eschew ‘filthy respondent’s lie pack’. Renaming is out of the question. The name should be ‘sufficiently short’ and contain: type of document; first and last name of the person whose ‘evidence’ is set out in it; and date of creation or signature. ‘Form E Sella Storey 04/10/24’ would do nicely.
THE HARASSMENT TRAP
The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 is a fine piece of legislation. Not only does it create criminal offences but, my dear litigators, it allows for the grant of an injunction and damages in civil proceedings. All you need is harassment. It was present in Pattinson v Winsor [2024] EWHC 1910 (KB), where the claimant, a district judge (magistrates’ court) was after relief against his brother-in-law. A trap had been fallen into
