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Strict compliance with PD57AC: lessons from recent case law

Eleanor Firth explains how non-compliance with CPR Practice Direction 57AC can lead to severe consequences, as recent cases highlight the risks of disregarding its stringent requirements

Fixed Recoverable Costs: a barrier to justice in housing disrepair claims?

Nick McDonnell argues that the implementation of the FRC regime in housing disrepair claims would profoundly impede access to justice

Ecocide: the next wave of legal actions?

Katie Allard and Teresa Young explore how ecocide laws and rising climate litigation are reshaping accountability for environmental damage

How to deal with vexatious litigants in the civil jurisdiction

Mark Bosworth discusses the impacts of vexatious litigants on the judicial process and those parties in opposition to a vexatious litigant before moving to consider the options available to an opposing party

The update to the Civil Procedure Rules concerning the use of alternative dispute resolution

Christopher Robinson, Committee Member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA) and Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Benjamin Foster, Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, share their views on the updated rules concerning the power of the courts to compel parties to engage in ADR

Navigating financial sanctions in English law disputes

Robert Dalling, Partner at Jenner & Block, discusses the key takeaways from recent litigation involving sanctions issues

Civil Justice Council to review litigation funding in the wake of PACCAR

Lucy Keane, Counsel at Signature Litigation's Gibraltar office, looks at the aftermath of the PACCAR decision on litigation funding

Privilege and prejudice

Christian Cox provides an overview of the common terms often attached to legal correspondence, and examines their oft misunderstood or misused nature