The Supreme Court in the case of Morris-Garner v One Step (Support) Limited has clarified the approach to awarding damages against parties who deliberately breach their obligations under a contract.

The Supreme Court case of Barton v Wright Hassall LLP revolved around a litigant in person’s failure to comply with the rules of Court set out in the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR).

When a domestic landlord rents a property they should ensure that the property has a valid Energy Performance Certificate (EPC). This gives an energy performance rating of a property and gives recommendations in how to make a property more energy efficient. This gives a rating between A and G (A being the best rating).

A pilot scheme launched today will test a fully video courtroom with members of the public for the first time. Witnesses and victims already give evidence by video link in some criminal and civil trials, but in this development everyone, including the judge, advocates and parties, will participate in the hearing over the internet, albeit the judge will be located in the court room.

The current Civil Procedure Rules allow for claim forms to be served on a defendant at their usual address if known, or the last known address where the claimant does not know the current address or where the defendant has not provided a current address. If, once served, there is no response to the claim form within the required time limit then the claimant is permitted to request that judgment be entered by default. This results in a County Court Judgment, or CCJ, being registered against the defendant and against the address that was used for service.

The current Civil Procedure Rules allow for claim forms to be served on a defendant at their usual address if known, or the last known address where the claimant does not know thecurrent address or where the defendant has not provided a current address

The press have been afloat with coverage of The Court of Appeal decision in the Ilott v Mitson case whereby Heather Ilott has been awarded money from her late mother’s estate despite her late mother specifically excluding her from her Will.

Civil litigation has been the poor relation of the vast bulk of legal activities certainly when set against Commercial Intellectual Property and Construction Law.