How do the English courts interpret foreign legal provisions?

Richard Hermer QC (sitting as a High Court Judge) recently gave some helpful practical guidance on how the English courts approach the interpretation of foreign legal materials (for example, building regulations) in Deane v Barker & Ors [2022] EWHC 1523 (QB). The judgment is particularly useful for its clear pointers to lawyers about how an…

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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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UK Government launches ‘Retained EU Law Dashboard’

We previously wrote about Lord Frost’s promise to carry out a comprehensive review of the content of Retained EU law. As a result of that review, the Government has released a ‘Retained EU Law Dashboard’, which can be accessed here. The Dashboard “showcases the outcome of this review as an authoritative catalogue of [Retained EU…

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The US legal system – an English barrister’s view

This is a blog post by Spencer Turner about his recent experience of the US legal system during his travels on a Pegasus Trust Scholarship. “America is not like a blanket – one piece of unbroken cloth, the same colour, the same texture, the same size. America is more like a quilt – many patches,…

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Forum disputes: “get it right first time”

As I said at the outset, I was persuaded to give permission to appeal because it appeared that a question of principle might arise. With the benefit of argument, I doubt whether that is so. However, this appeal will have served a useful purpose if it underlines the importance, in this context as elsewhere, of…

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Can you strike out without submitting to the jurisdiction?

We know from cases like PJSC Bank “Finance And Credit” & Anor v Valentynovich & Ors [2021] EWHC 2522 (Ch) at [67] and Tsareva v Ananyev [2019] EWHC 2414 (Comm) at [60] that defendants have been allowed to issue conjoined applications disputing the court’s jurisdiction while simultaneously applying for strike-out or summary judgment without this…

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