Health Secretary, Matt Hancock to have personal WhatsApp and emails searched in court battle over Covid test contracts

Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Litigation & Disputes

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The High Court has ruled that emails and WhatsApp messages of former British Health Secretary Matt Hancock can be searched, in a court action brought by the Good Law Project group against the Department of Health and Social Care over the allegedly unlawful awarding of multi-million-pound Covid testing contracts. The case revolves around three Covid-19…

High Court agrees to notify Prince Andrew about the lawsuit launched against him

Civil Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Litigation & Disputes

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The High Court has agreed to notify Prince Andrew about the lawsuit launched against him by former Jeffrey Epstein’s victim Virginia Giuffre. The High Court said in a statement: “The lawyers acting for Ms Giuffre have now provided further information to the High Court, and the High Court has accepted the request for service under…

Ministry of Justice will implement a blueprint for fixed recoverable costs

Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Litigation & Disputes

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed that it will implement a blueprint for fixed recoverable costs (FRC) across the fast-track and in most money cases worth up to £100,000 in a bid to reduce the cost of litigation and create more certainty about what losing parties must pay. It does not specify a date…

Palace aides ‘could launch legal action against Harry and Meghan’

Litigation & Disputes, News

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]According to palace sources and some sections of the media Buckingham Palace is ready to issue libel and privacy proceedings in case Prince Harry releases any more damaging revelations in his upcoming memoir. In a previous documentary with Oprah Winfrey Prince Harry accused his father Prince Charles of neglect and of letting him suffer as…