Procedure in Practice [2022]

This course seeks to give specific practical guidance in relation to a whole range of topics that have arisen in the last 6 to 9 months and which will impact on your litigation practice.

The session will provide outlines of key cases and seek to give the best interpretation of modern judicial thinking on a whole range of relevant procedural topics.

Below are a number of matters that will be covered and discussed together with a number of other matters that can be considered “red hot” by the time the course is presented.

• Implied sanctions in the CPR
• Noncompliance with witness statements requirements in CPR 32 and PD 32
• Judicial assistance to LIPs-how far can they go?
• Witness-attendance at hearings
• Compliance with an unless order-a mystery within an enigma?
• Disclosure- divergent approaches in the court system
• Remote hearings – RIP?-Principles going forward.