Case management hearing and further case management hearings meaning

In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Costs and funding Litigation Case management Evidence and disclosure ADR Scottish Dispute Resolution New content Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Dispute Resolution Highlights 2025/2026 Key DR developments Alternative dispute resolution European Parliament adopts new rules to modernise out-of-court dispute resolution for consumers The European Parliament has approved refreshed measures to enhance consumer out-of-court complaint handling, updating the EU’s ADR framework for the digital landscape and cross-border disputes. The reforms delineate ADR’s reach to cover matters arising both before and after contractual agreements, and in specified circumstances enable involvement by traders from third countries. The directive will come into force 20 days following publication and will begin to apply 32 months thereafter. For more, see: Parliament adopts new rules to modernise out-of-court dispute resolution for consumers—LNB News 16/12/2025 Court information HMCTS update hearing...

A central aim of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2025 (CrimPR 2025), SI 2025/909, is the efficient management of criminal proceedings. In CrimPR 2025, SI 2025/909, Pt 3 sets out the detailed provisions on active case management. CrimPR 2025, SI 2025/909, rr 3.1–3.15 apply to all matters in the magistrates’ court and the Crown Court alike. CrimPR 2025, SI 2025/909, rr 3.16–3.18 relate specifically to cases in the magistrates’ court. See Practice Note: Case management in the magistrates’ courts. CrimPR 2025, SI 2025/909, rr 3.19–3.34 govern Crown Court cases and are explained in this Practice Note. The CrimPR provide for two principal types of case management hearing in the Crown Court, which are outlined in greater detail below: plea and trial preparation hearings (PTPHs), and further case management hearings (FCMHs) An FCMH should be listed only where a case is complex in nature. Consequently, in the majority of cases, after the PTPH the next occasion before the court will be the trial hearing....

The powers of the Court of Protection The Court of Protection is empowered to make one or more decisions about the personal welfare of a person who lacks capacity (P) to make those decisions themselves. It can also appoint a deputy to take such decisions (see Practice Note: Choosing the deputy for further details), though health and welfare deputies are relatively seldom appointed, for the reasons articulated by Hayden J, then Vice-President of the Court of Protection, in Re Lawson, Mottram and Hopton (appointment of personal welfare deputies). For commentary on that ruling, see Case Analysis: Principles governing the appointment of personal welfare deputies (Re Lawson; Re Mottram; Re Hopton). A recent application of the Lawson principles led to the appointment of a personal welfare deputy—see Case Analysis: Court of Protection—when is the criteria for appointing a Personal Welfare Deputy met (Parr v Cheshire East Council & another). In another recent application by parents seeking a personal welfare deputyship for their adult child, the court reached a different view...

The London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) Terms 2021 (the Terms) Where the parties agree, the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) Terms 2021 (the Terms) govern arbitrations commenced on or after 1 May 2021. These Terms replaced the LMAA Terms 2017, which applied to references started between 1 May 2017 and 30 April 2021. If an arbitration agreement stipulates arbitration under the Terms, parties should ensure the procedural route is clearly understood. Second Schedule: the principal source of guidance on LMAA arbitral procedure. Body of the Terms: the tribunal’s procedural powers, especially paragraphs 15, 16 and 17. Sixth Schedule: additional guidance addressing the conduct of virtual and semi-virtual hearings. Fourth Schedule: guidelines aimed at enhancing the efficiency and cost effectiveness of LMAA arbitration. Taken together, these provisions set out how proceedings under the Terms should be conducted...