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TWITTER, LIBEL AND EVIDENCE: THE KATIE HOPKINS JUDGMENT

TWITTER, LIBEL AND EVIDENCE: THE KATIE HOPKINS JUDGMENT

March 10, 2017 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Damages, Disclosure, Members Content

The judgment of Mr Justice Warby in Monroe -v- Hopkins [2017] EWHC 433 (QB)  has already attracted a lot of attention.   Here I want to look at the issues relating to the evidence.  The case is one of the…

COURT OF APPEAL: REFUSAL TO ENGAGE WITH AN OPEN OFFER  OF SETTLEMENT IS AN ABUSE OF PROCESS

COURT OF APPEAL: REFUSAL TO ENGAGE WITH AN OPEN OFFER OF SETTLEMENT IS AN ABUSE OF PROCESS

March 10, 2017 · by gexall · in Appeals, Applications, Conduct, Litigants in person, Members Content, Risks of litigation

In Balk -v- Otkrite International Investment [2017] EWCA the Court of Appeal was highly critical of a litigant’s failure to respond to an open offer of settlement of appeal. The failure to engage  with an open offer of settlement amounted…

PROVING THINGS 56: A JUDGE WILL NOT SPECULATE WHEN MATTERS COULD HAVE BEEN PROVEN: COUNTERCLAIM FAILS FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE

PROVING THINGS 56: A JUDGE WILL NOT SPECULATE WHEN MATTERS COULD HAVE BEEN PROVEN: COUNTERCLAIM FAILS FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE

March 10, 2017 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Members Content

The judgment of Mr Recorder Douglas Campbell QC in Starbuck -v- Patsystems (UK) Limited [2017] EWHC 397 (IPEC) illustrates issues in relating to recollection and credibility, it is another example of a claim (counterclaim in this case) failing because of…

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