CIVIL LITIGATION REVIEW OF 2017 (I): "SURVIVING THE EMOTIONS OF LITIGATION" & "THINGS THAT IRRITATE JUDGES"

CIVIL LITIGATION REVIEW OF 2017 (I): “SURVIVING THE EMOTIONS OF LITIGATION” & “THINGS THAT IRRITATE JUDGES”

December 27, 2017 · by · in Access to justice, Appeals, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Review

This is the fourth annual review on this blog. This year I have decided to break it into a number of reviews.  First it is interesting to look at what is being read on this site and the search terms…

CIVIL LITIGATION AND THE MARTIAL ARTS: MCGANN -V- BISPING: ROUND 3: LATE WITNESS STATEMENTS AND "IMPLICIT" ORDERS FOR RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS

CIVIL LITIGATION AND THE MARTIAL ARTS: MCGANN -V- BISPING: ROUND 3: LATE WITNESS STATEMENTS AND “IMPLICIT” ORDERS FOR RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS

December 27, 2017 · by · in Case Management, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Relief from sanctions, Witness statements

We have already looked twice at the “sparring” arguments in relation to procedure in the case of  McGann v Bisping [2017] EWHC 2951 (Comm). A further procedural issue arose as to whether a party was debarred from calling evidence at all. The…