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EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF COSTS CAUSES JUDGE GREAT CONCERN: RBS COSTS ESTIMATES GREATLY EXCEEDED - NOW £129 MILLION

EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF COSTS CAUSES JUDGE GREAT CONCERN: RBS COSTS ESTIMATES GREATLY EXCEEDED – NOW £129 MILLION

May 23, 2017 · by gexall · in Assessment of Costs, Costs, Members Content, Proportionality

The RBS Rights Issue Litigation is clearly a major and unusual case.  However costs have to be reasonable and proportionate even (and perhaps especially) in this type of litigation. This is made clear in the judgment of Mr Justice Hildyard…

A CLAIMANT CAN SUE AN UNNAMED DRIVER (AND THE INSURER HAS TO PAY): COURT OF APPEAL DECISION TODAY

A CLAIMANT CAN SUE AN UNNAMED DRIVER (AND THE INSURER HAS TO PAY): COURT OF APPEAL DECISION TODAY

May 23, 2017 · by gexall · in Amendment, Appeals, Applications, Insurance, Judgment, Members Content, Parties to actions

NB THIS DECISION WAS OVERTURNED BY THE SUPREME COURT IN Cameron v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co Ltd [2019] UKSC 6 t In Cameron -v- Hussain [2017] EWCA Civ 366 the Court of Appeal (by a majority) considered the question whether a claimant…

APPEALS, TIME, SERVICE, VENUE: A REAL PROCEDURAL HOTCHPOTCH - EVEN BEFORE THE MAIN ISSUE IS CONSIDERED

APPEALS, TIME, SERVICE, VENUE: A REAL PROCEDURAL HOTCHPOTCH – EVEN BEFORE THE MAIN ISSUE IS CONSIDERED

May 23, 2017 · by gexall · in Appeals, Applications, Members Content, Relief from sanctions, Serving documents

The judgment of Mr Justice Jay in Enniful -v- Motor Insurers Bureau [2017] EWHC 1086 (QB) is a procedural hotchpotch. It relates to service, delay, dates of compliance, venue for appeals and relief from sanctions. All of this occurred before…

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