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Legal representative definition

What does Legal representative mean? A person instructed to act for a party in court proceedings, usually a lawyer authorised to conduct litigation and/or exercise a right of audience. In England and Wales, the term is defined in the Civil Procedure Rules and related guidance. It includes: a barrister; a solicitor; a solicitor’s employee; a manager of a body recognised under section 9 of the administration of Justice Act 1985; and any person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to the reserved legal activity of the conduct of litigation. The Senior...

Reserved judgments: embargo rules, permitted responses to drafts, preventing handing down, and timing expectations under CPR PD 40E (England and Wales)

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Practice notes

This Practice Note sets out the aim of a reserved judgment and the constraints attached to receipt of a draft judgment. It also covers what a party ought to do upon receipt of a draft judgment and the limited situations in which it might be possible to prevent a draft judgment being handed down altogether.

What is a reserved judgment?

A court may reserve judgment by postponing delivery of its reasons for the decision to a later date in writing, rather than pronouncing judgment orally immediately after the hearing or trial ends. At the close of the hearing the judge will usually confirm that judgment is reserved and will later circulate a draft written judgment to the parties. The practice started in the Court of Appeal and was extended to the High Court. Where judgment is to be reserved, the judge may, at the conclusion of the hearing, invite the parties’ legal representatives to give their views on the arrangements for handing down the judgment (CPR PD 40E, para 2.1)...

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