WHEN A PARTY CHANGES ITS FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS PART WAY THROUGH: A CHANGE FROM DBA TO CFA DID NOT PREVENT THE CLAIMANT RECOVERING FULL COSTS

WHEN A PARTY CHANGES ITS FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS PART WAY THROUGH: A CHANGE FROM DBA TO CFA DID NOT PREVENT THE CLAIMANT RECOVERING FULL COSTS

January 17, 2018 · by · in Conditional Fee Agreements, Costs, Members Content

The decision of Master James in Dial Partners LLP & Anor v Eastern Airways International Ltd & Ors [2018] EWHC B1 (Costs) raises an interesting set of issues when a party changes the basis of its funding part-way through a case,…

FIRST CLAIM FORM CASE OF THE YEAR: THE DANGERS OF LEAVING SERVICE UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE

FIRST CLAIM FORM CASE OF THE YEAR: THE DANGERS OF LEAVING SERVICE UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE

January 17, 2018 · by · in Civil Procedure, Members Content, Relief from sanctions, Service of the claim form, Serving documents

It is the middle of January (bluebells nowhere in sight) and we have already have a claim form case to consider.  In  Kennedy v The National Trust for Scotland [2017] EWHC 3368 (QB) Sir David Eady considered whether service (at the…