CHANGES TO CHANCERY PROCEDURE FROM 1st OCTOBER
Master Marsh has put out two Practice Notes which deal with changes in Chancery Procedure from the 1st October 2014. The first deals with lodging of documents electronically and in hard copy. Documents will not be able to be filed…
COSTS CLAIMED AS DAMAGES 2: THE CASE LAW IN DETAIL
I am grateful to P.J.Kirby Q.C. for responding to the previous post on costs claimed as damages. The situation is far more complex than the passage cited in the Rentokil case suggests. THE ISSUE P.J. asked whether the case of…
WHAT IS THE POSITION WHEN LEGAL COSTS ARE CLAIMED AS A HEAD OF DAMAGES?
The case of Rentokil Initial -v- Goodman Derrick LLP [2014] EWHC 2994 (Ch) was looked at in the previous post in relation to evidence. However it also raised an interesting issue as to the approach a court should take when a…
LITIGATION: EVIDENCE; MITIGATION OF LOSS AND "BLACK BOXES" IN THE EVIDENCE
The case of Rentokil Initial -v- Goodman Derrick LLP [2014] EWHC 2994 (Ch) contains some interesting observations on evidence. In particular what is the position when a party claims privilege and fails to disclose legal advice relating to a settlement…
CORONER'S HEARINGS AND THE USE OF HEARSAY EVIDENCE
The Chief Coroner has issued a Law Sheet on the use of Hearsay Evidence in Coroner’s Courts. It is available here THE KEY POINTS Hearsay evidence is admissible in coroner’s courts. Once it is admitted its value is a matter…
