WHAT A DAY FOR CLAIM FORM CASES: DECISION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
No sooner was the (metaphorical) ink dry on the post on the Abbott -v- Econwall case when the Court of Appeal decision in Barton -v- Wright Hassall [2016] EWCA Civ 177. In the case the judge allowed an application…
"INAPPROPRIATE TECHNICAL GAMES": ANOTHER CASE ABOUT SERVICE OF THE CLAIM FORM: DEFENDANT SNAPPED INTO SHAPE
The judgment of His Honour Judge Hacon in Abbott -v-Econowall Ltd [2016] EWHC 660 (IPEC) contains some important observations about the conduct expected in litigation. Also some important lessons in relation to agreeing extensions of time for service. “…parties to…
APPEAL COSTS ARE PAYABLE IMMEDIATELY: HIGH COURT DECISION
In Khaira -v- Shergill [2016] EWHC 628 (Ch) Richard Spearman QC (sitting as a Deputy Judge) held that costs ordered by the Supreme Court were payable forthwith and an assessment should not be stayed until the end of the case….
THE PROTOCOLS: OFFERS AND RAISING NEW POINTS AT THE HEARING
The 4 New Square website has a copy of an interesting judgment of His Honour Judge Freedman in Mulholland -v- Hughes (18th September 2015). “I regard it as inequitable and unfair for a defendant, for the first time, to raise…
