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Cost budgeting in multi-track cases

Ivan Goodsell explains when a cost budget is required and how submissions function in multi-track cases. 

Pension sharing upon divorce

Annabel Andreou explains the different ways in which pensions may be treated in the context of divorce

Civil procedure rules: extension of video or audio hearings

Ed Patton considers how the convenience of remote hearings must be balanced with open justice

Agriculture: natural capital assets and carbon sequestration

Ben Sharples explores the implications of two consequential pieces of agricultural legislation

NHS medical negligence: Learning from mistakes?

Justine Sutton argues that focusing on patient safety rather than capping claims would result in greater costs savings for the NHS 

Reform of pre-action protocols

Andrew Morgan reviews the Civil Justice Council's proposed general pre-action protocol

Lessons in limitation and vicarious liability 

Luke Daniels, Richard Sweetman and Georgie Woolmer review the lessons of a case concerning eight claimants who suffered abuse by a football coach

A leap forward in corporate liability

Daniel Martin, Michael Goodwin QC & Anita Clifford consider the implications for businesses of a 'failure to prevent economic crim'; offence