RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS FOLLOWING FAILURE TO FILE FUNDING INFORMATION AT START OF COSTS ASSESSMENT: MERCANTILE COURT DECISION
In Warner -v- Merrett (QBD Merc 12/6/2014) Judge Mackie QC granted relief from sanctions following a failure to serve documents relating to serve documents relating to additional liabilities at the outset of a detailed costs assessment. The case was briefly…
RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS GRANTED AFTER LATE SERVICE OF WITNESS SUMMARY: HIGH COURT CASE CONSIDERED
Whilst the Court of Appeal ruminates over the problems caused by Mitchell life goes on at the procedural coalface. Attached to this post is a decision of Mr. N. Strauss Q.C. sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge on the…
SANCTIONS CASE TODAY: SUBMISSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS FROM THE LAW SOCIETY AND BAR COUNCIL
The Bar Council and the Law Society were invited to make submissions at the sanctions hearings in the Court of Appeal today. The discussions between the Bar and the Bench make fascinating reading. (Mr Holland QC for both the Bar…
