Transcript Document

BVC Civil Procedure
Directions
Disclosure
Directions
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Disclosure of documents
Exchange of witness statements
Appointment of joint experts
Will experts give oral or written testimony?
Exchange of expert’s reports
Meetings of experts (CPR 35.12)
Trial date or trial window
PD28.9 and timetable at PD 28.3
Small claims track (PD27.9)
28.5.4.(fast track) and 29.7.4 (multi track)
Directions
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Disclosure of documents ( 4 weeks after allocation)
Exchange of witness statements( 10weeks after allocation)
Appointment of joint experts( 14 weeks after allocation)
Will experts give oral or written testimony? ( 20weeks after
allocation)
Exchange of expert’s reports( 22 weeks after allocation)
Meetings of experts (CPR 35.12)
Trial date or trial window ( 30 weeks after allocation but no
sooner – PD28.3.6(2) ) – PD 28.3.12.
Case management conference - PD29.5
Disclosure
• “disclosure”
• “inspection”
• “documents” (31.4)
Disclosure
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Standard disclosure
Documents on which a party relies and
2. Documents which:
Adversely affect his own case
Adversely affect another party’s case or
Support another party’s case and
3. Any documents required to be disclosed by a
relevant practice direction (31.6)
• Board v Thomas Hedley & Co. [1951] 2 All ER
431
Disclosure
•
•
•
•
•
“control” (31.8)
List – 31.10(4)
Grounds for refusal
Privilege
(Waugh v British Railways Board [1979] 2All ER
1169
• Three Rivers District Council v Governor and
Company of the Bank of England (No.4) [2004] 3
WLR 1274
• Disproportionate
• Public interest immunity
Disclosure
•
•
•
•
Disclosure statement CPR 31.10(5) and (6)
“reasonable” search(31.7)
Forrester v BRB (The Times April 8th 1996)
P.I Pre-Action Protocol 3.10
Disclosure
• Specific Disclosure (31.12, PD31.5)
• Other powers (31.16, 31.17,31.18
• Norwich Pharmacal v Customs and
Excise Commissioners [1974] AC 133
• Continuing duty of disclosure 31.11
• Douglas v Hello Ltd [2003] 1 All ER
1087