CPR 2023 Update - From Service to Settlement & More

Introduction

This 6-part modular webinar series will focus on key areas of the CPR which continue to be the focus of perennial disputes as to their interpretation and effect.

The aim of each module is to take a discrete area of the CPR and provide a clear and concise route through what can still be a procedural maze, by setting out common and not always obvious pitfalls and how to avoid them.

What You Will Learn

The modules will cover the following:

Module 1 - Service of Documents

Service of documents (to include latest cases on service including R (Good Law Project) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2022] and R (Karanja) v University of West Scotland [2022]

Module 2 - Statements of Case

Are your Statements of Case CPR compliant?

Module 3 - Relief from Sanctions

All you need to know about relief from sanctions, with the latest cases including Park v Hadi [2022] v East Lancashire Hospitals [2022]

Module 4 - Witness Evidence

The latest on witness evidence including Vardy v Rooney [2022], Borra v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2022] and Curtis v Zurich Insurance plc [2022]

Module 5 - Settlement

Offers to settle with the latest on Part 36 including Coldunell Ltd v Hotel Management International Ltd [2022] and Omya UK Ltd v Andrews Excavations Ltd [2022]

Module 6 - Costs

• The latest on Qualified one-way costs shifting with analysis of Harrison v University Hospitals of Derby & Burton [2022] and Chappell v Mzorek [2022]
• Fundamental dishonesty - the latest cases including Wokingham Borough Council v Arshad [2022], Woodger v Hallas [2022], Cojanu v Essex Partnership University NHS Trust [2022] and Jenkinson v Robertson [2022]

This webinar was recorded on 5th April 2023