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THE YEO CASE: WITNESS EVIDENCE & CREDIBILITY: THERE'S A HOOK HERE SOMEWHERE

November 25, 2015 · by gexall · in Members Content, Uncategorized, Witness statements

The decision of Mr Justice Warby in Yeo -v- Times Newspapers Limited [2015] EWHC 3375 (QB) is one of those cases that, obviously, will be of wider interest.  It contains much of interest in relation to an analysis of the…

COSTS AS DAMAGES: SOME OBITER, BUT IMPORTANT, REMARKS

November 25, 2015 · by gexall · in Assessment of Costs, Costs, Fatal Accidents, Members Content, Uncategorized

There are some important remarks on legal costs claimed as damages in Shaw -v- Kovac [2015] EWHC 3335(QB). (A case that is considered in more detail on Fatal Accidents Law. KEY POINTS In a fatal claim the costs of attending the…

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November 25, 2015 · by gexall · in Members Content, Uncategorized, Useful links

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