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Crime
04/06/2020

10th Amendment to CPD – Key Developments To Bench Warrants and s86A Courts Act 2003

Practice Directions (“the Directions”) entered into force on 13th May 2020. Its entrance may have been easily missed having come about while the country observes a new-normal of remote hearings and the beginnings of socially-distanced trials....
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Personal Injury
04/06/2020

How about a trip in the park?

In Barlow v Wigan MBC [2020] EWCA Civ 696 the CA has decided that a footpath in a public park constructed and belonging to the Council since the 1930s was a highway maintainable at public expense. The Claimant had tripped over tree root along the...
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Crime
03/06/2020

Debut Social Distancing Trial hailed a success by St Philips member

Conducting trials in the new climate posed by Covid 19 is nothing to worry about, but needs meticulous preparation, says a member of St Philips, who has defended in one of the first Social Distancing Measures trial in the country. He said the trial,...
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Regulatory
29/05/2020

GDPR two years on – where are we now?

St Philips Regulatory Group Member Jane Sarginson has advised private and public sector organisations as to their obligations under GDPR and has first hand experience of helping businesses implement strategies to ensure compliance with data...
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Personal Injury
26/05/2020

Aldred -v- Cham : End of the road but not the end of the matter

Permission to appeal to the Supreme Court denied by Lords Hodge, Briggs and Leggatt on the basis that the application did not give rise to a point of law of general public importance. Earlier this year, the Court of Appeal was asked to consider...
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Business & Property
25/05/2020

Ali Tabari reviews key points of the new Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill, and sets out three key areas for litigators to start preparing for

Last week saw the first reading in the House of Commons of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill [‘CIGB’], which is the Government’s attempt to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on businesses which should otherwise have been viable. From a...
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Business & Property
20/05/2020

Rob Mundy & Ali Tabari’s Video Guide to E-Bundles, quoted in official guidance issued today by the Judiciary

The recent video created by St Philips Business & Property Group barristers, Rob Mundy and Ali Tabari, to provide guidance on how to create and use electronic bundles, has today featured in official “Guidance on PDF Bundles” issued by Mr...
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Business & Property
18/05/2020

UPDATED 18.05.20 Judicial guidance regarding proceedings at Birmingham High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) and Birmingham County Court

IMPORTANT INFORMATION (revised 18 May 2020) Please note that guidance and advice issued nationally can be found at the following address https://www.judiciary.uk/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-and-guidance/?utm_medium=email&utm_source This local...
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