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PROVING THINGS 79: SOME THINGS JUST CAN'T BE A COINCIDENCE: A CAR CRASH OF A CASE

PROVING THINGS 79: SOME THINGS JUST CAN’T BE A COINCIDENCE: A CAR CRASH OF A CASE

December 7, 2017 · by gexall · in Abuse of Process, Applications, Civil evidence, Committal proceedings, Members Content, Witness statements

We have already looked today at the judgment in Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company Ltd v Yavuz & Ors[2017] EWHC 3088 (QB). However that judgment also contains a close and careful analysis of witness evidence. “I start by asking myself this question:…

SIGNING THE STATEMENT OF TRUTH IN PRE-ACTION DOCUMENTS: WILL THE SOLICITOR GO TO JAIL OR NOT?

SIGNING THE STATEMENT OF TRUTH IN PRE-ACTION DOCUMENTS: WILL THE SOLICITOR GO TO JAIL OR NOT?

December 7, 2017 · by gexall · in Abuse of Process, Applications, Committal proceedings, Members Content, Statements of Truth, Witness statements

There has already been some discussion in the Gazette about the judgment in Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company Ltd v Yavuz & Ors [2017] EWHC 3088 (QB). In particular the observations in relation to signature of documents by the legal representative. This…

ASSIGNMENT OF CFAs: IT CAN BE DONE

ASSIGNMENT OF CFAs: IT CAN BE DONE

December 7, 2017 · by gexall · in Access to justice, Appeals, Conditional Fee Agreements, Costs, Members Content

In  Budana v The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust & Anor [2017] EWCA Civ 1980 the Court of Appeal decided that a CFA can be assigned from one solicitor to another. THE CASE The claimant was injured. She entered into a…

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