EVIDENCE, EXPERTS & ARSON: ANALYSING THE EVIDENCE WHEN SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS ARE MADE IN A CIVIL CASE
The decision of H.H. Judge Mackie Q.C. in Geneisuj.Net Limited -v- Allianz Insurance Limited [2014] EWHC 3676 (QB) provides an object lesson in the analysis of evidence in a case where serious allegations were being made. THE ISSUES The claimant…
SOLICITOR'S BILL OF COSTS STRUCK OUT BECAUSE CLAIM WAS EXAGGERATED AND (IN PART) FALSE
In Alpha Rocks Solicitors -v- Alade [2014] EWHC 3606 (Ch) Kevin Prosser Q.C., sitting as a judge of the High Court, struck out part of the solicitor’s bill as an abuse of process. The case makes instructive reading. It involved…
INSURER GOING BEHIND CLAIMANT'S SOLICITORS BACK TO SETTLE CLAIMS: APPEAL PENDING; INFORMATION NEEDED
Attached to this post is the judgment in Gavin Edmondson Solicitors Ltd -v- Haven Insurance [2014] EWHC 3062 QB . That judgment is being appealed, permission to appeal having been granted. Gavin Edmondson are asking for more information in relation…