Join Lesley Anderson QC and Ben Harding for a webinar entitled 'Disclosure pilot and Witness statements - do’s don’ts and reform', which will take place virtually via Zoom on the 7th October at 9am. The webinar will be split into two parts:
Part One:
Disclosure in the Business and Property Courts:The Disclosure Pilot CPR 51UPD
Ben will look at the changes made to CPR 51UPD in April 2021, and at the further changes now proposed in relation to:
The regime for ‘less complex claims’
The approach in multi-party cases
Changes to preparing lists of Issues for Disclosure
Models C and D
Narrative documents
Disclosure Guidance without a hearing
Part Two:
Lesley will cover the following:
“A “new” approach to witness statements in the Business and Property Courts: the new Practice Direction 57AC:
A restatement of the core purpose of witness statements for trial
Content and statement of “best practice”
Enforcement and compliance
So what’s really new?”