RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS APPLICATION: COSTS AWARDED AGAINST "INNOCENT" PARTY
The case of Lakatamia Shipping -v- Nobu Su [2014] EWHC 796 has been dealt with before on this blog in relation to a successful application for relief from sanctions. The judge’s comments on the costs of the application are now available…
WHAT THE JACKSON REPORT SAID 1: SANCTIONS: WHAT WAS SAID & WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
There are lots of events coming up dealing with the first anniversary of the Jackson reforms. It would be an opportune time to look back at the Jackson Report itself to remind us what it said on certain key issues….
SO CPR 3.9 HAS BEEN MADE EASIER? McTEAR COULD BRING A TEAR TO THE EYE
One of the avowed aims of amending CPR 3.9 was to make the judge’s job simpler. The case of McTear -v- Englehard [2014] demonstrates that it has precisely the opposite effect. THE JACKSON REPORT ON THE ISSUE OF SANCTIONS In…
