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RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS  FOLLOWING BREACH OF A PEREMPTORY ORDER:  APPLICATION REFUSED:  A WORKING HOLIDAY IS NO EXCUSE

RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS FOLLOWING BREACH OF A PEREMPTORY ORDER: APPLICATION REFUSED: A WORKING HOLIDAY IS NO EXCUSE

September 7, 2017 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Members Content, Peremptory orders, Relief from sanctions

In The Financial Conduct Authority v Da Vinci Invest Ltd & Ors [2017] EWHC 2220 (Ch) Mr Justice Snowden rejected a defendant’s application for relief from sanctions for breach of a peremptory order. It is unusual in that the court considered…

CHAMPERTY AND MAINTENANCE CONSIDERED: THE DEFENDANT WAS CRYING WOLF

CHAMPERTY AND MAINTENANCE CONSIDERED: THE DEFENDANT WAS CRYING WOLF

September 7, 2017 · by gexall · in Access to justice, Case Management, Members Content

In Casehub Ltd v Wolf Cola Ltd [2017] EWHC 1169 (Ch) Stuart Isaacs QC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) rejected an argument that a claimant bringing  assigned claims amounted to champerty or maintenance. It is rare for these issues…

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