Using The County Court Instead Of The Employment Tribunal

by | Jun 10, 2014

“Many of the low value employment breach of contract claims, such as non-payment of wages, can be dealt with as small claims, provided they are under £10,000 in value.” The Law Society Gazette very recently published an article suggesting that a number of...

Civil Court Fees Increase

by | Apr 24, 2014

Civil court fees increased significantly this week. On 22 April the court system introduced a huge hike in court fees for civil claims. This means that it will be more expensive for people and businesses to start a claim and to get it to trial. The changes affecting...

The New Single County Court

by | Apr 24, 2014

The new single County Court was introduced this week. This could be a significant change to the way in which lower value civil claims are dealt with. Rather than there being individual local county courts, there will instead be a single County Court. The individual...

Judges To Be More Representative

by | Apr 24, 2014

Ethnic minorities and under represented groups, are to be boosted in appointments as Judges. The Judicial Appointments Commission will apply an “equal merit provision” from 1st July onwards. This means that where two or more candidates for an appointment...

Nuisance Personal Injury Claim Texts Should Be A Thing Of The Past

by | Apr 24, 2014

Nuisance personal injury claim texts are are far too common. Changes Are Being Planned The Ministry of Justice has announced that it proposes to impose penalties on claims management companies by fining them up to 20% of their turnover for obtaining information by...

Privatisation Of The Courts – Not Any Time Soon

by | Mar 12, 2014

Privatisation of the courts was yesterday discussed by the justice secretary, Chris Grayling. In the past few weeks there have been various comments about further reform to the criminal and civil courts. Many people suggested that they could trigger the government to...