A 20 DAY TRIAL WHEN THE CASE WAS ALL ABOUT ONE WITNESS: WOULD THIS CASE BE ANY DIFFERENT TODAY?

August 14, 2014 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Costs, Costs budgeting, Expert evidence, Mediation & ADR, Members Content, Witness statements

Back in 2003 Chris Evans, the radio presenter, was involved in a lengthy contractual dispute with a number of defendants. There were 9 parties to the action and the trial went on for twenty days. The judge's observations at the end of the judgment remain telling. The question is - would this be ca...

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Tags: Chancery Court, Civil Litigation, costs, Costs budgeting, Dispute resolution, Trial Bundle

2 Responses

Richard Lumb · August 15, 2014 at 06:37:13 · →

Whatever happened to Counsel in the case, Mr Vos? Oh yes, he is now in the Court of Appeal and gave one of the judgments in Denton………….
Tim · August 15, 2014 at 19:25:23 · →

Nicely put, Mr Lumb. It’s strange how judges are quick to criticise things which they might well have done themselves during their days in practice.

I very much suspect the case would have proceeded in much the same way today. Parties with large funds to spend on litigation tend to be allowed to spend them. The parties we should be worrying about are those who are not highly-paid presenters or large corporations or Russian oligarchs.