Monthly Archives: March 2020


Can an Employee Consent to Corona?

Published: 31/03/2020 | News

A recent headline on the BBC sports pages reported that  Red Bull’s Helmut Marko told his team’s drivers  to become infected with the coronavirus while the season was in hiatus. The website recorded that “The 76-year-old said he had the idea to bring his Formula 1 drivers and juniors together in a camp, which “would be […]

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Diary of a Virtual Barrister, by Carwyn Cox

Published: 30/03/2020 | News

We are still in the early stages of these new ways of working and developments are taking place on a daily basis.  So far, the Courts have taken a largely similar approach to hearings, with minor differences by area, as can be seen from the updates that have been provided on our website and social […]

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Court Restructuring – Effective as of 30 March 2020

Published: 30/03/2020 | News

Taking effect from today, the courts are being temporarily restructured to make sure the justice system can operate effectively and safely. For further information, to include a list of which courts remain open, staffed or closed please see here.

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Swift v Carpenter: Update

Published: 30/03/2020 | News

The eagerly awaited appeal in Swift v Carpenter on the vexed issue of future accommodation claims was due to be heard from Tuesday 24th March 2020.  Unsurprisingly it has been vacated to a date to be fixed.  Darryl Allen QC of Farrar’s Building represents the intervener PIBA. 

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Covid-19 Court Guidance: Cheshire & Merseyside Circuit

Published: 26/03/2020 | News

Guidance from Cheshire and Merseyside 21st March 2020 Dear local practitioner and other court users, Covid 19 arrangements and temporary measures at Liverpool and Chester County Court and other courts in the Cheshire and Merseyside cluster for CIVIL WORK There have been several requests for some standard guidance in relation to the conduct of court […]

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Covid-19 Court Guidance: Manchester Circuit

Published: 26/03/2020 | News

Guidance From DCJ Manchester 20th March 2020  Dear Court User, I am writing to let you know what steps we are taking to keep the civil courts running in these difficult times. Specific arrangements apply to BPC work and to Family cases. The steps set out in this letter (“the Temporary Measures”) will apply to […]

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Court Hearings via Skype – A Practical Guide

Published: 24/03/2020 | News

I conducted my first Skype Hearing last Friday, a contested one day listed preliminary hearing in an Employment Tribunal, though shortly before the Protocol Regarding Remote Hearings came out on 20 March 2020. I am pleased to pass on the good news that it worked, albeit not perfectly. Certainly it is more than just a […]

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Should Thrombolysis have been Offered?

Published: 24/03/2020 | News

Tim Found of Farrar’s Building represented the defendant NHS Trust in a High Court case that was due for a split-trial on liability in March 2020.  The central issue was whether or not the claimant should have been offered thrombolysis in the particular circumstances of his presentation and liability turned on the evidence to be […]

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