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St Philips Chambers reception
Business & Property
15/04/2020

Fixed Fee Video Conferences for New Business & Property Enquires

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Easter and bank holiday weekend. We at St Philips appreciate the difficulties that clients may have with their finances at the moment, whilst still wishing to investigate whether to proceed with a legal matter.  It...

What to expect at a video mediation
Business & Property
15/04/2020

Video: What to Expect at a Video Mediation

In the above free video, St Philips mediators Andrew Charman, Anthony Verduyn, Robert Mundy, Sophie Garner and Naomi Candlin explain how a video mediation works.

St Philips Chambers reception
Business & Property
09/04/2020

Business & Property Juniors: Breakfast Club Webinars

While we are all getting used to what we hope will be a short-lived new way of working, our Business & Property Juniors will be running a series of live webinars in the coming weeks. The aim of these talks is to provide up to date information and...

Iqbal Mohammed
Business & Property
02/04/2020

Remote Hearings using Skype Business: An Essential Guide

By Iqbal Mohammed, Barrister Due to government restrictions in response to the coronavirus, courts intend to conduct hearings remotely with Skype for Business, the approved platform for Business & Property Courts. Some have vacated hearings in...

Business & Property
31/03/2020

Amendments to Statements of Truth and Witness Statements

By Kirsty White, Barrister As of 6 April 2020 amendments to Civil Procedure Rules will bring amendments to various practice directions. Of particular note are the amendments to Practice Direction 22, which will require additional wording to a...

What to expect at a video mediation
Business & Property
27/03/2020

Video: Creating and using electronic hearing bundles

Rob Mundy and Ali Tabari explain how to create and use electronic hearing bundles. The above free video explains how to create and use an electronic trial or hearing bundle using Adobe Acrobat Pro. In it, Rob Mundy explains how to prepare PDF files,...

St Philips Chambers reception
Business & Property
27/03/2020

Covid 19- Standard directions for remote hearings by Skype in the Business and Property Courts – Birmingham

Introduction These directions apply where incorporated into the directions for holding any hearing by remote means, save to the extent inconsistent with any directions specifically made for that hearing. It is important that parties take all steps...

St Philips Chambers reception
Business & Property
27/03/2020

Business and Property Group News Virtual Hearings: Top 10 Practical Tips

By James Morgan QC & Natalie Kearney The extraordinary times we are currently going through is reflected by the introduction of remote hearings in civil cases. If such a change were to have been introduced in normal times it would have been a...