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PRE-ACTION DISCLOSURE: NOT GRANTED WHEN THE PURPOSE WAS TO SEEK DETAILS OF DEFENDANT'S INSURANCE COVER

PRE-ACTION DISCLOSURE: NOT GRANTED WHEN THE PURPOSE WAS TO SEEK DETAILS OF DEFENDANT’S INSURANCE COVER

April 27, 2017 · by gexall · in Disclosure, Members Content

In Peel Port Shareholder Finance Company Ltd-v- Dornoch Ltd [2017] EWHC 876 (TCC) Mr Justice Jefford refused an application for pre-action disclosure of an insurance policy. There is an interesting discussion of the scope of pre-action disclosure and the interrelationship…

RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS REFUSED IN GROUP LITIGATION CASE:  THE "THIRD STAGE" IN DENTON CONSIDERED IN DETAIL

RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS REFUSED IN GROUP LITIGATION CASE: THE “THIRD STAGE” IN DENTON CONSIDERED IN DETAIL

April 27, 2017 · by gexall · in Group Litigation Orders, Members Content, Relief from sanctions

In the judgment today in Kamathi -v- The Foreign & Commonwealth Office [2017] EWHC 939 (QB) Mr Justice Stewart refused an application for relief from sanctions. The Denton principles were considered in detail in the context of a late application…

OPENING LINES OF A JUDGMENT: IT STARTED WITH A TWEET: PAGING DOCTOR FREUD

OPENING LINES OF A JUDGMENT: IT STARTED WITH A TWEET: PAGING DOCTOR FREUD

April 27, 2017 · by gexall · in Case Management, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Useful links

The opening line of a judgment is often a good guide as to what it to follow. For a few days there has been some, occasionally  heated, discussion, as to the best opening lines of a judicial pronouncement. THE TWITTER…

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