Tag: Litigants in Person
A litigant in person must comply with the CPR – Barton (Appellant) v Wright Hassall
Supreme Court decision with regard to a Litigant in Person and the CPR. Purported service of claim (alleging negligence against solicitors) by e mail. Just…
Costs Law Update by Partner & Costs Lawyer Gary Knight
Lowin v W Portsmouth & Co LTD [2016] EWHC 2301 QBD Elisabeth Laing J – 20/06/16 An appeal against a decision of a Costs Judge…
LCJ concern over litigants in person, outdated IT and unsatisfactory funding
There has been a considerable increase in litigants in person for whom the current court system in England and Wales is not really designed, the…
Faulty forms could add to divorce misery
Online forms used by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), which have been wrongly calculating assets in divorce settlements, could mean up to 17,000 people would…
Harmans Costs Brief – January 2016
It’s back – the first Costs Brief of 2016! Featuring analysis by Nishma Shah covering the thorny issue of proportionality plus Mat Knight asks when is…
Unbundling: the rise of litigants acting in person with Solicitors working under a limited retainer
Lord Justice Jackson, giving the main judgment of the court in Minkin v Lesley Landsberg (Practising As Barnet Family Law) [2015] EWCA Civ 1152 held…