A WITHDRAWN PART 36 OFFER DOES NOT ATTRACT INDEMNITY COSTS: GULATI -v- MGN
In Gulati -v- MGN [2015] EWHC 1805 (Ch) Mr Justice Mann considered whether indemnity costs should be awarded in circumstances where a Part 36 offer was withdrawn in one case and a “Calderbank” offer made in the other. KEY POINTS…
MAKING FINDINGS OF FRAUD WITHOUT A PARTY BEING REPRESENTED 2: A HEARING IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
In MRH Solicitors -v- The County Court sitting at Manchester [2015] EWHC 1795 (Admin) the Administrative Court, in essence, overturned findings of fraud against solicitors who had not been notified of the allegations and not given any opportunity to respond….
APPEAL COURT CAN DECIDE ISSUES BETWEEN EXPERTS ON FOREIGN LAW: AND ANOTHER LOOK AT WITNESS STATEMENTS
The issue of when an appeal can court take its own view on expert evidence was considered in Group Seven Limited -v- Allied Investment Corporation Limited [2015] EWCA Civ 631. The judgment at first instance also makes for informative reading…
