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01 March 2013
Issue: 7550 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Jacksonmania: Civil way

We thought we would do Jackson, carrying on where we left off...

We thought we would do Jackson, carrying on where we left off (see "Civil way"), which should help you decide whether or not to emigrate. The PDs have been made and a late change on costs budgeting (see below) means that a further statutory instrument and PD are in the pipeline. References to rule numbers are those contained in the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013 (SI 2013/262) (AR) unless otherwise indicated.

JACKSON STRIKE III: docs on the table

Disclosure can generate disproportionate costs and an obese bundle. The problem is tackled by the AR (r 11). We will come to multi-tracks other than claims for personal injuries in a moment. For everything else—fast tracks and non-personal injuries multi-tracks—the default position continues to be for standard disclosure with the parties entitled to agree or the court empowered to order that disclosure be dispensed with or standard disclosure be limited.

Here is the new stuff. For the multi-tracks other than personal injuries claims, expect much tighter control on the scope and, hence,

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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