Changes incoming for service gateways

The 149th Practice Direction Update will see some significant changes being made to the CPR 6BPD service gateways with effect from 1 October 2022. The key new provisions (and what they mean in practical terms) are outlined in this blog post.

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Brownlie II mini-series: (2) The tort gateway

This is the second blog in our new series on the Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Brownlie litigation. For a discussion of the background and the key elements of the decision itself, have a look at Peter Hale’s excellent first blog in this series. A reminder that the two issues for the Court to…

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Brownlie II mini-series: (1) The decision

A week ago, the Supreme Court gave its much anticipated second ruling in the Brownlie litigation. The background to this important decision should be familiar by now. Those wanting a refresher can see our earlier blogs on the last Supreme Court decision, the High Court’s decision in the reconstituted litigation, and the Court of Appeal’s…

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