The Woolf reforms have a chequered history, reports Katharine Freeland. Civil procedure still lacks a compelling vision.

It is hard to believe that, in just a few weeks, the world as we know it has changed. What has come with lockdown is a new way of practising law, which involves working from home, virtual court ...

It remains possible, however, for such defendants to challenge the court’s jurisdiction at a later stage in the proceedings, for example by disputing the existence of a valid COCA. Such might be the ...