TALES FROM THE APIL CONFERENCE I: TO AVOID “AGREEMENT” OF COSTS BUDGETS BY DEFAULT READ DIRECTIONS FOR THE CCMC WITH CONSIDERABLE CARE
I am doing a series of posts on matters arising from the APIL annual conference. I am not aiming to cover all the issues and matters raised. People can (and should) read the Presidents speech . Given the nature of…
SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS II: SERVING AT AN ADDRESS THAT HAD BEEN VACATED (AND OVERTURNING FINDINGS OF FACT)
In Grimes -v- The Trustees of the Essex Farmers and Union Hunt [2017] EWCA Civ 361 is another one of the batch of recent cases on service. The Court of Appeal considered the question of whether a document could be…
A LITIGANT IN PERSON CAN SERVE A CLAIM FORM VIA A NON-SOLICITOR AGENT: HIGH COURT DECISION
There has been a recent spate of cases relating to service of documents. One of these is Ndole Assets Limited -v- Designer M&E Services UK Limited [2017] EWHC 1148 (TCC). The court considered the issues that arose when the…