BVC Civil Procedure

1. BVC Civil Procedure Directions Disclosure

2. 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)

3. 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

4. Disclosure • “disclosure” • “inspection” • “documents” (31.4)

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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