SEARCHING FOR “THE GOLDEN RULE OF PLEADING”: BREVITY, BRER RABBIT AND – GOING TO HELL
It is interesting to note the search term that leads people to this blog. Today I commented on one that led many, many practitioners to a search for the golden rule of pleading. Be warned not all of these replies…
ANOTHER SORRY TALE – FORGING SIGNATURES ON WITNESS STATEMENTS: A “PRECEDENT” WITNESS STATEMENT CAN RARELY BE A GOOD THING
The Law Society Gazette carries an account of a solicitor struck off for “forging” the signature on witness statements. I want to concentrate on the way that the witness statements themselves were produced. This was not dishonest but is worrying….
ESTIMATES OF COSTS AND THE FINAL BILL: SOLICITOR AND OWN CLIENT COSTS: CLIENT (PARTIALLY) SUCCESSFUL ON APPEAL
In Harrison v Eversheds Llp [2017] EWHC 2594 (QB) Mrs Justice Slade allowed, in party, a client’s appeal in relation to estimates of costs and final costs. It is a case that emphasises the importance of giving full information in relation…


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