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BANKERS, WITNESS STATEMENTS AND CREDIBILITY: THE ENIGMATIC WITNESS

February 7, 2017 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Members Content, Witness statements

The judgment of Mr Justice Nugee in Clydesdale Bank plc -v- Stoke Place Hotel Ltd (in administration) [2017] EWHC 181 (Ch) also contains an analysis of a witness who was “something of an enigma” “Although a witness statement should be…

WHAT INFERENCES SHOULD THE JUDGE DRAW WHEN A WITNESS CLAIMS PRIVILEGE AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION?

February 7, 2017 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Members Content, Witness statements

The judgment of Mr Justice Nugee in Clydesdale Bank plc -v- Stoke Place Hotel Ltd (in administration) [2017] EWHC 181 (Ch) is another one of those cases we will look at twice.  Both posts will be about the judge’s assessment…

AMENDMENT TO ADD NEW ISSUES THAT HAVE ARISEN SINCE ISSUE: CONSIDER THE OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE AND NOT THE RSC

February 7, 2017 · by gexall · in Amendment, Civil Procedure, Members Content

I said that there would be two posts about the judgment of Master Marsh in The Football Association Premier League Limited -v- O’Donovan [2017] EWHC 152 (Ch).  The first looked at the lifting of the automatic stay. Here we look…

AMENDMENT PROVIDES A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS: PERMISSION TO AMEND TO CLARIFY POSITION OF PARTY PERMITTED

AMENDMENT PROVIDES A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS: PERMISSION TO AMEND TO CLARIFY POSITION OF PARTY PERMITTED

February 7, 2017 · by gexall · in Amendment, Limitation, Members Content, Statements of Case

Decisions on amendment and limitation arguments are cropping up at the moment. Here we look at the judgment of Master Kay QC in Highways England Company Limited -v- B.G. Rodwell Limited[2017] EWHC 118(QB).  The defendant raised issues under Section 35…

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