Category Archives: Litigation

Curb your enthusiasm: time to act on finessing witness statements?

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

An interesting story in the Lawyer about Peter Smith J criticising SNR Denton for their handling of witnesses and witness statements.  I was reminded immediately of Gloster J’s comments in the Abramovich-Berenovsky case about the polishing of evidence.  The tension between lawyers duty … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Litigation, Professional Regulation | 2 Comments

Best Practice for Judges in Litigants in Person Cases

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

This is  guest post from Richard Zorza on his US Judges Journal Article. As a UK ex-pat, I try to keep a careful eye on legal developments in the UK (thanks mainly to this blog!)  I thought you readers might … Continue reading →

Posted in Litigation, Self Represented Litigants | 1 Comment

Time to collect settlement data for personal injury cases?

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Richard Zorza’s an excellent and prolific blogger on access to justice in the US. He has highlighted an issue around settlement mills in personal injury cases. We’d call them factories. He’s drawing on a paper by Nora Engstrom. Interestingly, there … Continue reading →

Posted in Access to Justice, Compensation Culture, Litigation, No Win No Fee, Referral Fees | 2 Comments

Lawyers: do not write this down

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

When taking instructions from clients, or a statement from witnesses, lawyers typically reduce the cluttered and disordered social world of that client or witness to a neat, well contained and legally relevant narrative.  Often that narrative will fit with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Litigation | 2 Comments