SORRY SILKS: IMPORTANT AS YOU ARE THE CASE IS NOT BEING HELD UP FOR YOU: THE TAIL IS NOT GOING TO WAG THE DOG
The judgment of Mr Justice Fraser in Bates & Ors v Post Office Ltd [2017] EWHC 2844 (QB) contains some telling observations about case management, listing and the need to comply with the overriding objective. “Fitting hearings around [counsel’s] availability has…
SUING THE WRONG DEFENDANT? SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SPECSAVERS?
It is always embarrassing to find out you are suing the wrong defendant and have to apply for substitution (although we have looked at cases in which the wrong claimant has issued proceedings). This issue was considered by Mr Justice…
COSTS BUDGETING AND PROPORTIONALITY TEST APPLY – EVEN IN A CASE FOR £350 MILLION
in Sharp & Ors v Blank & Ors [2017] EWHC 141 (Ch) Mr Justice Nugee considered the issue of proportionality in a case where £350 million was at stake. Mr Justice Nugee decided that the requirement for costs budgeting, and proportionality,…
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