RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS GRANTED: COMPLICATIONS WHEN ACTION AFFECTS PEOPLE NOT PARTIES TO THE ACTION

RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS GRANTED: COMPLICATIONS WHEN ACTION AFFECTS PEOPLE NOT PARTIES TO THE ACTION

September 3, 2017 · by · in Members Content, Relief from sanctions

In Singh & Ors v The Charity Commission & Ors [2017] EWHC 2183 (Ch) His Honour Judge Purle QC granted relief from sanctions.  The default was serious and significant and there was no good reason.   The judge was faced with…

NO SPECIAL FORM OF "MEDIATION PRIVILEGE": MEDIATION AGREEMENT DID NOT OVERRIDE GENERAL PRINCIPLES PREVENTING WITHOUT PREJUDICE COMMUNICATION BEING USED A A FORM OF BLACKMAIL

NO SPECIAL FORM OF “MEDIATION PRIVILEGE”: MEDIATION AGREEMENT DID NOT OVERRIDE GENERAL PRINCIPLES PREVENTING WITHOUT PREJUDICE COMMUNICATION BEING USED A A FORM OF BLACKMAIL

September 3, 2017 · by · in Amendment, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content

The decision of Mrs Justice Rose in  Interactive Technology Corporation Ltd v Ferster & Ors [2015] EWHC 3895 (Ch) considers the issue of “mediation privilege”.  This is not a new case (the judgment was dated 21st December 2015) however it has…

YOU'VE SPENT £625,000 IN COSTS AND GOT NO FURTHER FORWARD: COSTS AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL SUMMARY JUDGMENT APPLICATION

YOU’VE SPENT £625,000 IN COSTS AND GOT NO FURTHER FORWARD: COSTS AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL SUMMARY JUDGMENT APPLICATION

September 3, 2017 · by · in Costs, Members Content, Summary judgment

In  Burnden Holdings (UK) Ltd & Anor v Fielding & Anor [2017] EWHC 2118 (Ch) His Honour Judge Hodge QC (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) considered the issue of costs after the claimants’ unsuccessful application for summary judgment….