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ADVOCACY - THE JUDGE'S VIEW, SERIES 2 PART 4: THREATENING YOUR OPPONENT WITH A "PROCTOLOGY EXAMINATION" AND MAKING FACES AT THE JUDGE MAY WELL BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE

ADVOCACY – THE JUDGE’S VIEW, SERIES 2 PART 4: THREATENING YOUR OPPONENT WITH A “PROCTOLOGY EXAMINATION” AND MAKING FACES AT THE JUDGE MAY WELL BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE

November 16, 2017 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Conduct, Members Content

This series is about learning from judges. Here I advocate (hopefully in a civil way) learning from one judgment.  That is the judgment of District Judge Chin in the  extraordinary case of Revson -v- Cinque & Cinque in 1999 (PC….

PROVING THINGS 73: FORESEEABILITY: NOT A TEST SET IN STONE BUT A MATTER OF COMMONSENSE

PROVING THINGS 73: FORESEEABILITY: NOT A TEST SET IN STONE BUT A MATTER OF COMMONSENSE

November 16, 2017 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Damages, Members Content

Foreseeability of damages is one of those topics that takes up a lot of space in text books but is rarely an issue in practice.  The question of foreseeability of damages did, however, form a part of the judgment we…

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