DEFERMENT OF PAYMENT OF COSTS NOT PERMITTED: RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS REFUSED: 7 DAYS LATE WAS “SERIOUS AND SIGNIFICANT”
In The Queen on the application of Bhandal -v- HM Revenue and Customs [2016] EWHC 3387 (Admin) Mr Justice Holroyde dismissed an application deferment of an order to pay costs and an application for relief from sanctions in making the…
LITIGANT MAY HAVE LODGED APPEAL NOTICE ON TIME WHEN THE COURT CLOSED EARLY: CLAIMANT GRANTED PERMISSION TO APPEAL
In Croke -v-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2017] EWCA Civ 423 Lord Justice Hickinbottom found that it is arguable that that a litigant in person had complied with the strict six week time limit for appeals because…
DEFENDANT’S ADMISSION IS BINDING: BUT PERMISSION TO WITHDRAW ADMISSION GRANTED: HIGH COURT DECISION
In Blake -v- Croasdale [2017] EWHC 1336 (QB) His Honour Judge Purle QC (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) decided that an admission made by insurers was a binding admission. However he granted permission to resile from that…