Get ready for the online court! The Government and the judiciary have announced that the civil courts are to be automated, with cases put online by 2020. The plan is ‘digitise’ the entire process for money claims, such as for... MORE
When civil proceedings are malicious If you are sued by someone else, you might feel angry and aggrieved. How dare they? The allegations are completely unjustified! They themselves are at fault! But if the proceedings against you were...
Landlord not liable for injury caused by property defect A residential tenant will often seek to blame their landlord if they are injured by a defect at the property. But where the landlord is not made aware of a potentially dangerous defect that caused ...
Fixed costs: more fix, less cost The courts have been concerned for some time about costs in litigation spiralling ever upwards. The press love to highlight legal cases where costs are many times the damages awar...