Inspector Gregory: “Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” Holmes: “To the curious incident of the dog in…
Tribunals occasionally ask the parties to prepare a thing called a ‘Scott schedule.’ This sounds very technical, but all it means is a table setting…
Employers quite often refuse to disclose documents that mention or relate to other individuals, saying they have to keep those documents confidential because of the…
Lots of employment tribunal cases are won or lost depending on how thorough a job the claimant has done of shaking all the relevant documents…
What do you do if you’re desperate for a pee and there’s still an hour to go until lunchtime or the end of the day?…
An important bit of preparation for the hearing is getting detailed comments on the other side’s statements from your client. There are two reasons for…
I’ve just read the best advice I’ve ever seen on this subject in Bryan A Garner’s book The Elements of Legal Style (2nd ed., OUP…
The Court of Appeal has handed down a short decision in St Albans’ Girl School v Neary declining to award costs against a claimant who…
In a complicated case, it’s worth saving all the statements on your side (and the other side too, if you have them in a suitable…