Online Dispute Resolution

by | Mar 20, 2015

  Online dispute resolution is being proposed in a radical new report by the Civil Justice Council. They are not talking about tinkering with the existing money claims online. They suggest a largely automated process with very little involvement of court...

Rude Judge Is Reprimanded

by | Feb 6, 2015

Judges have a lot of litigants in person to deal with in both civil and family claims. Many people who might previously have had access to legal representation are now struggling on without help. Judges’ roles are undoubtedly more difficult but in the press this week,...

Small Claims Court Fees To Be Unchanged

by | Jan 31, 2015

Small claims court fees are to be unchanged but claims of a value greater than £10,000 may see a huge increase. The government is consulting on whether to impose court fees for claims over £10,000, by charging a fee of 5% of the sum claimed. At the lower end of the...

Free Legal Advice Ahead?

by | Sep 30, 2014

Free legal advice is being encouraged by the Law Society. In a rather contradictory battle cry, the president of the Law Society has launched an access to justice campaign. Despite the legal profession and court users seeing legal aid decimated and many people being...

Judges In The News – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

by | Aug 1, 2014

There have been a number of stories in the recent press about Judges in the news. Employment Rights Of Judges One of the stories related to an employment tribunal case finding that a number of Judges had been discriminated against in relation to pay. In particular, it...

Dodgy Solicitor Practices And Bogus Firms

by | Jul 4, 2014

It was recently reported that Wonga had sent letters chasing monies, using letterhead suggesting that the letters were from solicitors. The letters were dodgy solicitors had not been appointed and the letters were hugely misleading. The Office of Fair Trading...