RESPONDING TO A COMMITTAL APPLICATION: A POINT TO WATCH
The brief report in Lawtel of Royal & Sun Alliance -v- Fahad (QBD Spencer J 17/10/14) brings home an important procedural point in relation to committal applications. THE FACTS The applicant was seeking to commit the respondent for making false…
HEARINGS IN PRIVATE AND REPORTING RESTRICTIONS: THE GENERAL RULE IS THAT HEARINGS SHOULD BE IN PUBLIC
In a short judgment today in V -v- T [2014] EWHC 3432 (Ch)Civ Mr Justice Morgan reviewed the law relating to hearings in private and weighed this up against the protection given by reporting restrictions. It contains an important observation…
INDEMNITY COSTS AGAINST FUNDERS : WHO PAYS WHAT FOR WHEN?
In Excalibur Ventures & others -v- Psari Holdings & ors [2014] EWHC 3436 Christopher Clarke LJ awarded costs on an indemnity basis against third party funders. Many important matters of general importance are considered. THE CASE The claimants brought what…
