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PROVING THINGS 95: OH... WHY A COMBATIVE EXPERT WITNESS NEVER HELPS: LEAVE ADVOCACY TO THE ADVOCATES...

PROVING THINGS 95: OH… WHY A COMBATIVE EXPERT WITNESS NEVER HELPS: LEAVE ADVOCACY TO THE ADVOCATES…

May 10, 2018 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Damages, Expert evidence, Experts, Members Content

Crown Office Chambers have a short post on their website that deals with the judgment in Ruffell -v- Lovatt HHJ Hughes 4 April 2018.  The post provides a link to the judgment itself.  The judgment is another example of a…

LITIGANTS IN PERSON & FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE COULD BE ON THE NAUGHTY STEP

LITIGANTS IN PERSON & FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE COULD BE ON THE NAUGHTY STEP

May 10, 2018 · by gexall · in Access to justice, Conduct, Members Content

Just to keep people up to date with the recent posts about the Ministry of Justice and the disclosure of the research in relation to litigants in person. The MOJ has now been reported to the Information Commissioner. A RECAP…

SCHEDULES OF DAMAGES: WEBINAR 4th JULY 2018:  YOU WON'T HAVE FAR TO TRAVEL

SCHEDULES OF DAMAGES: WEBINAR 4th JULY 2018: YOU WON’T HAVE FAR TO TRAVEL

May 10, 2018 · by gexall · in Damages, Members Content, Schedules

Following on from the recent post on drafting schedules and Wright v Satellite Information Services Ltd [2018] EWHC 812 (QB)  I am presenting a webinar on schedules of damages on the 4th July 2018,  looking at these issues in more detail,…

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