Litigation Team's Posts

This episode features Jon Fortnam, Andrew Herring and Chris Dryland. Under discussion: • Round-up of news including the Civil Courts Structure Review and proposed changes to the Solicitors Regulation Authority handbook • New law to protect confidential information that is transferred when employees change jobs, including a robust order to destroy it – Arthur J Gallagher Services (UK) Ltd v Skriptchenko [2016] EWHC 603 (QB) • Hands-on intervention in the disclosure process: independent expert ordered to conduct a search for documents in a fraud claim where the court considered the parties had not been sufficiently thorough – Hunter Worldwide Premium v Lawless [2016] EWHC 1013 (Ch)