The London Marathon is on Sunday. I will be running it, as usual, for fun (for a given value of fun), but also to raise…
In my last post, I mentioned that the EAT likes the relevant passages of authorities to be highlighted or sidelined. Highlighting is fairly obvious. You…
Yesterday, I was at the Employment Appeal Tribunal User Group. The members were asked to pass a couple of messages outwards to the wider community.…
The American Bar Association makes all of the merits briefs to the US Supreme court available online. Don’t rush off to read them if you’re…
During the course of litigation, you will have to refer to the parties, in letters, written submissions and so on. There are basically two ways…
If you have access to formally reported cases, such as the Industrial Cases Law Reports, you will see that they include a headnote. These are…
A lot of people put chronologies inside other documents, most commonly written submissions. This is not a terrible sin, but it’s normally better to keep…
Most schedules of loss are divided into past loss (loss that has already been suffered) and future loss (loss that will occur in the future).…
When you’re taking notes in a hearing you don’t need to attempt a verbatim record. Unless you know shorthand or you’re a fast typist you…
A counterclaim is a case brought by a Respondent as part of their reply to a claim. So, for example, A sues B for unfair…