Tag Archive: courts

The Novice Guide to Court Hearings – index

This was a seven part  Saturday Slot series of posts on Court Hearings (in the UK) which ran in June/July 2010.
The seven parts were as follows:
Part 1 : Introduction
This introduces the series, sounds a few warning notes, and outlines the sort of hearings this series will be looking at.  Which is mostly small claims, not [...]

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The Novice Guide to Court hearings: part 7 After the hearing

This Saturday Slot post is the seventh and final part of my weekly series of posts on Court Hearings (in the UK). You can see the others >> here.

After the hearing
You will probably think of lots of things you should have said!  Don’t worry, we all do that.
If you missed the hearing
The Judge [...]

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The Novice Guide to Court hearings: part 6. Judgement and costs

This Saturday Slot post is the sixth part of my weekly series of posts on Court Hearings (in the UK). You can see the others >> here.

Judgment time
So.  You have finished making your presentation about your case.  You have cross examined your opponents witnesses and you think you have picked up on all [...]

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The Novice Guide to Court hearings: part 5 trials

This Saturday Slot post is the fifth part of my weekly series of posts on Court Hearings (in the UK). You can see the others >> here.

Trials
This is the type of hearing which everyone worries about. But if you are calm and careful about it, they can be fine. The first thing to do, is [...]

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The Novice Guide to Court hearings: part 4. interim hearings & applications

This Saturday Slot post is the fourth part of my weekly series of posts on Court Hearings (in the UK). You can see the others >> here.

Not all court hearings are trials
There are two main types of court hearing. The first is the main hearing or trial which decides the case. I [...]

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The Novice Guide to Court hearings: part 3. Before the hearing

This Saturday Slot post is the third part of my weekly series of posts on Court Hearings (in the UK). You can see the others >> here.

Arrive on time for your hearing
It is very important that you arrive promptly. Your case will have been listed for a particular time. If you are [...]

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Deposit Protection Dispute Resolution and the Future Delivery of Legal Services

Guest blogger Tom Derrett, of adrsolution.co.uk looks at the development of low cost ADR and its implications.
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
There is a general trend in government and in society to give statutory authority to forms of alternative dispute resolution as a way of easing the burden on the court system, and on the small [...]

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The Landlord Law Blog from Tessa Shepperson

Tessa is an English solicitor who specialises in residential landlord and tenant law.

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