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WHEN CAN YOU SERVE WITNESS SUMMARIES? A HIGH COURT CASE ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER A PARTY IS "UNABLE" TO OBTAIN A WITNESS STATEMENT

June 5, 2014 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Members Content, Relief from sanctions, Witness statements

The case of Scarlett -v- Grace (4/6/2014) QBD Phillips J was reported briefly on Lawtel yesterday. It provides an example of the difficulties when a party proposes to serve witness summaries rather than witness statements. THE RULES: CPR 32.9 CPR…

PROVING SOMETHING HAS BEEN POSTED: SWEAR IT TO BE TRUE

June 5, 2014 · by gexall · in Applications, Avoiding negligence claims, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Costs, Costs budgeting, Members Content, Serving documents

I initially read the Court of Appeal decision of Price -v- Price [2014[ EWCA] Civ with interest because it showed that the old CPR 3.9 still applied in family proceedings.  However Jon Williams pointed out that the case has an…

73rd AMENDMENT TO THE CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES COMES INTO FORCE TODAY: FINAL TRIO OF LINKS

June 5, 2014 · by gexall · in Applications, Avoiding negligence claims, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Relief from sanctions

Monmouthshire Law Society’s twitter account announced Happy 73rd update to CPR day this morning.  Here are three crucial links so you can join in the celebrations. CELEBRATORY LINKS  A general summary and the rules themselves are here Guidance as to…

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