Unusually for me, I found myself recently on a bus in a queue at road works at a bridge overlooking a swollen River Ouse on my way to London. I should explain that I do not always travel to London this way. On the day in question I fell foul of one of those increasingly… Read More »
The 3rd Annual Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Trends Report by Kroll Ontrack reveals that there is a significant gap between the existence of corporate document retention policies and ESI discovery readiness strategies. According to the Kroll Ontrack news release, ESI management is top of mind for corporations but effective implementation is falling. This year’s survey also… Read More »
I missed the publication of the Report of the Scottish Civil Courts Review when it was launched on 30th September 2009 by the Lord Justice Clerk, the Rt Hon Lord Gill. The report is in two volumes and contains 15 chapters and a synopsis. The terms of reference are: To review the provision of civil… Read More »
Less than half the funds sought by putative litigation funder Burford Capital were subscribed last month as the London market’s second biggest listing of the year flopped. Only £80 million was provided by investors in the IPO on the AIM market. Burford had sought £200 million. The company needed the money to fund commercial disputes… Read More »
What are we coming to? Apparently, a recent case against five men accused of starting a brawl and charged with affray was dropped last week because the CPS did not manage to complete the photocopying in time. Six months, yes six, after the charges were brought, the CPS had not got the paperwork in order… Read More »
I hope you have not been put off by the title above and that you will read a little further! There is only a little bit of history to come but last week we may have seen a significant event to rival the attempt by King Charles I to arrest 5 sitting MPs by storming into… Read More »
When I was in private practice, I acted for the Bloody Sunday Tribunal. The inquiry is chaired by Lord Saville of Newdigate (originally a Law Lord and now one of the Supreme Court Justices) and is likely to report next year, some 12 years after it was set up. Much has been written about the… Read More »
I remember a time when law firms were at pains to make it clear that they did not accept service of proceedings by fax unless specific arrangements had been made in advance. Doubtless many firms still carry the necessary words as part of their email signature and/or on their notepaper. Now, suddenly, there is a… Read More »
I have to thank Jon Robins of the newspaper City A.M. for the reference in his article on 30th September entitled ‘Pop Art and poetry in the Supreme Court‘ for alerting me to the existence of a newish blog about the Supreme Court which opens its doors for business today, 1st October. The blog (www.ukscblog.com) … Read More »
Last weekend’s Sunday Times carried a full page article on Twitter entitled ‘What makes Twitter worth a billion dollars?‘ Readers of this blog (though apparently not my nearest and dearest, friends and neighbours) will know that Twitter is a free online service which enables users to send and read messages of no longer than 140… Read More »