Readers of this newsletter will be aware of the many and varied
questions that people have been asking with regards to how exactly
to deal in practice with the Disclosure Pilot Scheme since its
introduction at the start of the year.
In this edition, we have highlighted a number of cases which
show the Courts' approach to date and which shed some light on
how to deal with the scheme. We all wait with bated breath to see
how ongoing developments in politics may impact on future choices
made by litigants to bring their disputes to the English courts,
and what rules may apply when they do so, in particular as to how
jurisdictional issues might be dealt with.
Against that background, we have highlighted two recent Supreme
Court decisions on jurisdictional matters.
