PROVING THINGS BY EVIDENCE: ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF AN ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE LEADING TO A CASE FAILING
The case of Goldsmith Williams -v- E.Surv Limited [2015] EWCA Civ 1147 will, no doubt, be discussed as a professional negligence case and it may have some impact on the duties of conveyancing solicitors. However the appeal, at heart, relates…
COSTS WHERE CLAIMANTS ARE REPRESENTED BY MORE THAN ONE FIRM OF SOLICITORS: IT CAN GET DIFFICULT
In Ong -v- Ping [2015] EWHC 3258 (Ch) Mr Justice Morgan considered the relevant order to make as to costs when the claimants in an action had been represented by separate solicitors. THE CASE Four claimants had been successful in…
PROPORTIONALITY, COSTS AND PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT: A HIGH COURT DECISION
In Rallinson -v- North West London Hospitals NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 3255 (QB) Mr Justice Garnham considered issues relating to proportionality when assessing costs to be paid on account. “In my view, there is an argument of real substance here…

