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ADVOCACY THE JUDGE'S VIEW IX: WHAT YOU WEAR MATTERS

ADVOCACY THE JUDGE’S VIEW IX: WHAT YOU WEAR MATTERS

October 12, 2016 · by gexall · in Applications, Members Content, Uncategorized, Useful links

This is the ninth (and penultimate) post in this series. It is inspired by a search term on this blog today “Can a solicitor dress casually in county court”.  This caused a lot of attention when I mentioned in on…

CLAIMANT MUST REVEAL IDENTITY OF THIRD PARTY FUNDERS: HIGH COURT DECISION

October 12, 2016 · by gexall · in Members Content, Security for Costs, Third party funding, Uncategorized

In Wall -v- The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC [2016] EWHC 2460 (Comm) (Mr Andrew Baker QC sitting as a High Court Judge) the claimant was ordered to reveal the identity of third party funders. KEY POINTS The court has…

ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SOLICITORS THAT PROBABLY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN MADE: CONSPIRACY, DISHONESTY AND DECEIT – ASSERTIONS THAT WERE JUST UNTRUE

October 12, 2016 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Members Content, Uncategorized, Witness statements

There have been a number of recent cases of property companies, who have lost heavily in the property market, seeking to recover from solicitors (not necessarily always their own solicitors) for those losses.   This trend can be seen -…

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