INDEMNITY COSTS ORDER AGAINST DEFENDANT UPHELD BY COURT OF APPEAL: OFFERS AND CONDUCT: MANNA II
The second post on the Court of Appeal decision in Manna -v- Central Manchester Hospitals NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 12 relates to the Court’s upholding of the trial judge’s award of indemnity costs. “A judge should in my view be…
APPEALS, COUNTER-SCHEDULES AND A RESERVE POSITION: NOT MANNA FOR THE DEFENDANTS
We will be looking at the Court of Appeal decision in Manna -v- Central Manchester Hospitals NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 12 twice today. Here I want to look at the difficulties the defendant had in arguing a point in…
WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU AT LAW SCHOOL VI: NEVER WRITE ANYTHING DOWN THAT YOU WOULDN’T WANT READ OUT IN OPEN COURT
One rule that every lawyer should learn is that if you write, type, email or text anything you live with the risk that it could end up being read out in court. There are plenty of examples of emails, attendance…

