Recommendation 47

Interim remedies allow the courts to maintain the status quo while a claim is being considered. They are a vital tool to prevent litigants suffering the very harm they are bringing their claim to prevent. This is essential when the harm in question is a violation of human rights. They are also vital to ensure that justice can be done; to ensure that one party to litigation cannot prevent judicial consideration of the claim against them by removing the claimant from the jurisdiction. Denying the courts their ability to use interim remedies when justice demands it undermines the guarantees of Articles 2 and 3 ECHR. Clause 52 should be removed from the Bill (see Annex, Amendment 37). (Paragraph 352) Electronic devices and credibility