Satellite litigation
By common consent, the 2004 statutory dispute resolution procedures were not a success, and produced an avalanche of satellite litigation. They have been variously described as ‘inappropriately inflexible and prescriptive’ (Gibbons Report), ‘the middle of a manky meat sandwich’ (Hansard) and ‘rebarbative’ (Underhill J). From April 2009 they will be replaced by a shorter, more […]