by Paul M | Oct 10, 2020 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Following an earlier consultation, there has been a comprehensive rewriting of the rules of court dealing with the procedure to be adopted in relation to contempt of court. There are new rules in effect from 1 October 2020 in both the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) and...
by Paul M | Aug 25, 2020 | Consultations, Transparency News, Trends
The Lord Chief Justice called it “the biggest pilot project that the justice system has ever seen” and said “there will be no going back to February 2020”. Remote court hearings would have come sooner or later, but thanks to Covid-19 they came at us fast, in March...
by Paul M | Aug 3, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
In the second such case in a month, a judge has refused to recuse herself at the request of a litigant, but on this occasion the Court of Appeal has reversed that decision and ordered that she step down from the case and let another judge take over. In the...
by Paul M | Jul 17, 2020 | Cases, Comment, Explanation
In an earlier post we described how a judge refused to allow a McKenzie Friend to speak in court on behalf of a litigant in person. In a further judgment in the same case, Ameyaw v McGoldrick [2020] EWHC 1787 (QB), Mrs Justice Steyn refused the litigant’s application...
by Paul M | Jul 5, 2020 | Cases, Comment, Explanation
The recent case of Ameyaw v McGoldrick [2020] EWHC 1741 (QB) offers a cautionary tale about McKenzie Friends and what they can and can’t do for you in court. In this case the judge, Mrs Justice Steyn, refused to allow the MF to make oral submissions on behalf of...
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