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ANATOMY OF A POST-DENTON APPLICATION FOR RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS 4: COSTS, INDEMNITY COSTS & EVERYBODY IS AT RISK AS TO COSTS

July 8, 2014 · by gexall · in Applications, Members Content, Relief from sanctions

In the fourth in the series of articles we look at the very heavy incentive the Court of Appeal imposed upon litigants (and litigators) not to object to applications for relief from sanctions in “all but the most serious cases”….

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