Disputes in England and Wales are usually adjudicated after an adversarial process, either by a judge in court-based litigation or by an arbitrator in an arbitration. Litigation is governed by wide-ranging and detailed rules...more
From 1 October 2022, the disclosure pilot in the Business and Property Courts will become a permanent part of the court rules as Practice Direction 57AD. The Practice Direction will apply to all existing and new proceedings...more
A pilot scheme to introduce extensive reforms to the English court disclosure rules has been approved in principle by the Civil Procedure Rules Committee (CPRC, the body responsible for approving civil court rule changes). ...more