COST BUDGET SERVED TWO MONTHS LATE: RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS ALLOWED: DELAY DOES NOT ALWAYS GIVE RISE TO A SIGNIFICANT BREACH

COST BUDGET SERVED TWO MONTHS LATE: RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS ALLOWED: DELAY DOES NOT ALWAYS GIVE RISE TO A SIGNIFICANT BREACH

October 10, 2017 · by · in Case Management, Civil Procedure, Costs budgeting, Members Content, Relief from sanctions

I am grateful to my colleague Colin Richmond for sending me a copy of the decision of His Honour Judge Gosnell  In Hewitt -v- Smith (Bradford County Court 16th June 2017) relating to a successful appeal from a refusal to…

"BREATHTAKINGLY RUDE" LETTERS INDICATED AN INTENT TO ABUSE THE PROCESS: DEFENDANT'S CONDUCT IN FAILING TO PAY FOR PITCH CROSSED THE LINE

“BREATHTAKINGLY RUDE” LETTERS INDICATED AN INTENT TO ABUSE THE PROCESS: DEFENDANT’S CONDUCT IN FAILING TO PAY FOR PITCH CROSSED THE LINE

October 10, 2017 · by · in Applications, Conduct, Members Content

In Bernard Sport Surfaces Ltd v Astrosoccer4u Ltd [2017] EWHC 2425 (TCC) Mr Justice Coulson had strong words to say about correspondence and conduct which, he held, were simply attempts to avoid a debt that was lawfully due. “… all of…