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CPR 31.16 sets four threshold conditions for pre-action disclosure, and satisfying every one of them opens the discretion rather than producing an order. What actually decides the discretion.
The HMCTS court data licence caps four high-risk uses, including anticipating legal decisions for a client, at a one-year experimental licence whose output cannot be released to customers…
The EHRC Code of Practice on Services, Public Functions and Associations came into force on 5 August 2026. It creates no obligations, but tribunals must take relevant parts…
A dated tracker of weddings law reform from the Law Commission project in 2019 to the Tying the Knot consultation, which closes at 11:59am on 24 September 2026.
The Supreme Court overruled the Cheshire West acid test on 2 June 2026. This explainer sets out the multifactorial assessment that replaced it and how valid consent now…
A practitioner guide to probate in 2026: the £526 fee from 13 July, current HMCTS timescales, why applications get stopped, and the new 12-week escalation route, with every…
A step-by-step checklist for instructing an expert in children proceedings under rule 25.5A: confirming the issue date, establishing regulated status, and evidencing unavailability where no regulated expert can…
How Standish and Culligan work together on illiquid assets: what is available for sharing, and how Wells sharing distributes the risk once a private company holding is in…
The Ministry of Justice consultation Tying the Knot would move legal authorisation from the building to the officiant, replacing a framework whose governing statute dates from 1836. It…