Briefing – Covid: Practice and Procedure

Briefings

20/01/2021

Although the start of 2021 has not been as auspicious as we would have wished,  Happy New Year from all at 1 Chancery Lane.

Despite everyone’s hopes that 2021 would start more favourably than 2020 ended it seems restrictions to protect the public from the Covid 19 pandemic will be with us for some time.  Inevitably the difficulties this poses and the new challenges for many of home schooling will make for some difficult litigation decisions about trials and other oral hearings.  Increased pressure on litigators might also lead to court deadlines being missed and other mistakes being made.  This briefing provides some practice points to assist you with these scenarios.

Ian Stebbings provides a helpful summary and analysis of the recent High Court decision of Bilta (UK) Ltd v TFS Limited [2021] EWHC 36 (Ch), which was an unsuccessful application for the court to adjourn an imminent trial because key witnesses did not wish to attend given the public health risks, but their evidence was too important for it to be dealt with remotely.  Smith J sets out key principles and the approach the courts should take to applications of this sort.

Robert Parkin’s article on Relief from Sanctions and Covid 19 is a comprehensive guide to the law and procedure for making (or resisting) such applications.  Hopefully none of you will need this sort of assistance but mistakes happen and this guide will help you rectify them, or to defeat applications that lack merit.

Read the full Briefing here: Covid: Practice and Procedure

Latest News & Events

What is ‘embarking and disembarking’ for the purposes of the Montreal Convention?

A commonly encountered question for those dealing with claims concerning injury suffered by aircraft passengers is whether or not the accident leading to the injury occurred in the course of embarkation or disembarkation. Whilst tempting to think this might be a simple question with a…

The Dekagram: 11th November 2024

This week’s Dekagram is all about cancellations and delays – what happens when a package holiday is cancelled, what happens when a flight is delayed due to the behaviour of a passenger. Both sets of circumstances are giving rise to increasing numbers of claims, in…

Eleanor Mawrey and Jennifer Oborne appointed Recorders

Deka Chambers is delighted to announce that the King has appointed Eleanor Mawrey and Jennifer Oborne as Recorders on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Shabana Mahmood MP and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness…

Subscribe to our mailing list

Deka Chambers: 5 Norwich Street, London EC4A 1DR

© Deka Chambers 2024

Search

Portfolio Builder

Select the expertise that you would like to download or add to the portfolio

Download    Add to portfolio   
Portfolio
Title Type CV Email

Remove All

Download


Click here to share this shortlist.
(It will expire after 30 days.)