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BANGING A DRUM FOR YORKSHIRE:  THE BEST LAWYERS AND THE BEST CRICKETERS (I'LL KEEP QUIET ABOUT FOOTBALL)

BANGING A DRUM FOR YORKSHIRE: THE BEST LAWYERS AND THE BEST CRICKETERS (I’LL KEEP QUIET ABOUT FOOTBALL)

July 28, 2017 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Members Content

Having spent yesterday seeing concrete evidence of the depth and breadth of talent in Yorkshire (as one of judges on the Yorkshire Legal Awards) I arrived home to find information  about the development of the courts and legal profession in…

QOCS: THE TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS CONSIDERED BY THE COURT OF APPEAL: CLAIMANTS CANNOT BLOW HOT AND COLD

QOCS: THE TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS CONSIDERED BY THE COURT OF APPEAL: CLAIMANTS CANNOT BLOW HOT AND COLD

July 28, 2017 · by gexall · in Appeals, Costs, Members Content

In the judgment today in Catalano -v- Espley Tyas Development Group Limited [2017] EWCA Civ 1132 the Court of Appeal considered the transitional provisions relating to QOCS. “We cannot accept that Mr McGee is right. Not only does he seek…

YOU OFFERED ME £100,000: I'VE ACCEPTED £15,000- OH AND I WANT MY COSTS: THE DANGERS OF NOT NEGOTIATING AND WHY THE CLAIMANT HAD TO PAY INDEMNITY COSTS

YOU OFFERED ME £100,000: I’VE ACCEPTED £15,000- OH AND I WANT MY COSTS: THE DANGERS OF NOT NEGOTIATING AND WHY THE CLAIMANT HAD TO PAY INDEMNITY COSTS

July 28, 2017 · by gexall · in Conduct, Costs, Members Content, Part 36, Uncategorized

I tried to summarise the judgment of Mr Justice Mann in Jordan -v- MGN Limited [2017] EWHC 1937 (Ch) and I found it  difficult. Every word of the judgment is important.  It shows, at least, a very insouciant, approach by the…

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