CPR 27.14(2)(g) allows a costs order on the small claims track for unreasonable behaviour. After Orton v Barclays the exception must be read narrowly, because the track is costs-neutral by design.
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 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…
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…
An explainer on the conduct of litigation as a reserved activity, what the Mazur judgments decided, and where the line falls between conducting litigation and assisting with it.
An explainer on enforcing a foreign judgment in England and Wales: the statutory registration regimes, the Hague Conventions, common law recognition, and where Drelle leaves the insolvency route.
An explainer on the home buying and selling reform roadmap. What goes in an upfront information pack, whether liability shifts, and what a firm can usefully change now.