LEGALLY STREETWISE: WHAT YOU DON’T LEARN IN LAW SCHOOL
Initially it was a surprise to discover that law students were being told to read this blog (I am not sure I need that kind of pressure). Apparently prospective pupils and trainees are advised to read it to answer interview…
WITNESSES TRIALS AND ACCURACY OF RECOLLECTION (II)
The previous post dealt with a case where a judge had preferred the evidence of the medical practitioners in a clinical negligence case. As is so often the case a judgment reported on the same day shows a case where…
WITNESSES, TRIALS AND ACCURACY OF RECOLLECTION: ANOTHER EXAMPLE
In XYZ -v- Warrington & Halton NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWHC 331 (QB) Mr Justice Dove considered a trial where the outcome, as so often, depended on the accuracy of recollection. THE CASE The claimant brought an action in…
FIXED COSTS AND PART 36: THE JUDGMENT IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
The Court of Appeal has given judgment today in Broadhurst -v- Tan [2016] EWCA Civ 94. “Where a claimant makes a successful Part 36 offer in a section IIIA case, he will be awarded fixed costs to the last staging…
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