WEBINAR: Disclosure Pilot and Witness Statements – do’s, don’ts and reform

Join Lesley Anderson QC and Ben Harding for a webinar entitled ‘Disclosure pilot and Witness statements – do’s don’ts and reform’, The webinar ia 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?”

NOTES AVAILABLE HERE