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GOOD BUNDLES, GOOD ADVOCACY, POOR WITNESS STATEMENTS

November 18, 2015 · by gexall · in Bundles, Members Content, Uncategorized, Witness statements

The final paragraph of the judgment of HH Judge Behrens in Royal National Institute for Deaf People -v- Turner [2015] EWHC 3301 Ch speaks volumes.  I will allow it to speak for itself.   “I cannot leave this case without…

DEFENDANT NOT ALLOWED TO WITHDRAW FROM ADMISSION AND DEBARRED FROM RELYING ON FURTHER EVIDENCE: PLEADINGS ARE STILL IMPORTANT

November 18, 2015 · by gexall · in Admissions, Applications, Expert evidence, Members Content, Relief from sanctions, Uncategorized

In Clark -v- Braintree Clinical Services Limited [2015] EWHC 3181 HH Judge Burrell QC  (sitting as a High Court judge) refused a defendant’s application to resile from an admission. He also granted the claimant’s application to debar the defendant from…

STRIKING OUT FOR DELAY: SOLLAND UPHELD ON APPEAL

November 18, 2015 · by gexall · in Applications, Members Content, Striking out, Uncategorized

We have looked before at the decision of Master Bowles in Solland International Ltd -v- Clifford Harris & Co [2015] EWHC 2018 (Ch) where the claimant’s action was struck out because of their failure to progress the action for 31…

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