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LATE (BUT NOT VERY LATE) AMENDMENTS ALLOWED:  LIMITATION DEFENCE WAS NOT "MUCKING AROUND AT THE LAST MOMENT"

LATE (BUT NOT VERY LATE) AMENDMENTS ALLOWED: LIMITATION DEFENCE WAS NOT “MUCKING AROUND AT THE LAST MOMENT”

August 11, 2017 · by gexall · in Amendment, Civil Procedure, Limitation, Members Content, Statements of Case

In Vilca & Ors v XSTRATA Ltd & Anor [2017] EWHC 2096 (QB) Mr Justice Stuart Smith allowed a late, but not “very late” application by the defendant to allow it to plead limitation. “To my mind…  all of the…

A GOOD REASON WHY YOU SHOULD LOVE (OR AT LEAST MEDIATE WITH) THY NEIGHBOUR: INDEMNITY COSTS OF £200,000

August 11, 2017 · by gexall · in Access to justice, Appeals, Costs, Members Content

The Court of Appeal judgment in Dickinson & Anor v Cassillas [2017] EWCA Civ 1254 serves as a warning for anyone involved in a neighbour dispute. The Court dismissed the appellants’ appeal in relation to findings against them after a trial….

COSTS BUDGETING: IMPORTANCE GUIDANCE FROM MASTER MCCLOUD: HOW SHOULD THE COSTS OF BUDGETING BE DEALT WITH IN FORM H AND THE FINAL BILL?

COSTS BUDGETING: IMPORTANCE GUIDANCE FROM MASTER MCCLOUD: HOW SHOULD THE COSTS OF BUDGETING BE DEALT WITH IN FORM H AND THE FINAL BILL?

August 11, 2017 · by gexall · in Assessment of Costs, Costs, Costs budgeting, Members Content

Important guidance was given this morning by Master McCloud (sitting as Deputy Costs Judge) in Woodburn v Thomas (Costs budgeting) [2017] EWHC B16 (Costs).It relates to how the costs of budgeting should be dealt with in Precedent H and any in…

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