Consultation Paper Seeks Reform of Limitation Law in Child Sexual Abuse Cases

The Ministry of Justice has released a consultation paper seeking views on potential reforms to the law of limitation in child sexual abuse cases in England and Wales. Under the current law, child sexual abuse cases in civil courts are subject to the same three-year…

Pre-Action Disclosure of Medical Records in Portal Cases

Even in cases where breach of duty and some degree of loss or injury is admitted, Defendants will commonly have doubts about medical causation regarding a claim intimated under the  Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury  in Road Traffic Accidents from 31 July 2013…

Fixed Costs Update: Bar Council and PIBA secure ‘overdue’ changes

In welcome news for practitioners, changes have this week been announced to address what PIBA describes as ‘long-standing flaws in the fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime for advocates’. These include: In summary: On the fast track, advocacy fees will be recoverable at 100% on the…

Theodore Bunce Succeeds in Application for ‘Exceptional’ Non-Party Costs Order

Theo obtained a rare non-party costs order on behalf of his client, the Applicant in private law children proceedings. The case involved serious allegations of domestic violence and sexual abuse. Having represented the Applicant and reached a compromise at fact-finding, the Respondent went on to…

A Bad Rule, Misunderstood: 8BPD9.1 and Applications to Dismiss

Over the past months, a number of Claimant solicitors have approached the author seeking representation at hearings to oppose dismissal of Part 8 (RTA and EL/PL Protocol “Stage 3”) Proceedings.

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