The HMCTS has announced that the use of the Online Civil Money Claims service will become compulsory for legal representatives issuing and responding to eligible claims made under Practice Direction 51R in Spring 2025. Note that organisations should be registered as a professional user on MyHMCTS. Source: www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/practice-direction-51r-online-court-pilot?utm_medium=email&utm_source=.
Practitioners might be interested to read a judgment which covered various applications involving an employment/whistleblowing claim, but at the heart of it was also a determination as to whether service by email was effective. On this topic the court said: ‘112. … an agreement for electronic service of proceedings must be precisely that, and that …
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The Arbitration Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 24 February 2025. It updates the Arbitration Act 1996 and enacts the Law Commission’s recommendations. The government states that: ‘Once in force, the Arbitration Act will: Clarify which law underpins individual arbitration agreements thereby improving legal certainty and speeding up arbitrations. Empower arbitrators to speed-up decisions on …
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The CA has heard a case involving insurance claims for provision of a hire car in the event of an accident. The CA summarised the position as follows: ‘1. The Defendant’s lorry negligently drove into the Claimant’s Volvo when it was parked and unattended on 20 February 2021. The accident caused damage to the Claimant’s …
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