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STAGE 3 ISSUE FEES:  COURT REPAYS OVERPAID FEES: GOOD NEWS FROM LIVERPOOL

STAGE 3 ISSUE FEES: COURT REPAYS OVERPAID FEES: GOOD NEWS FROM LIVERPOOL

June 5, 2018 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Costs, Court fees, Members Content

In January this year I blogged about correspondence I had received from Jon Heath, a solicitor at Levins, in Liverpool about the courts overcharging on Stage 3 issue fees. Yesterday I received an email from Jon telling me that the…

PROVING THINGS 109: WHEN A DEFENDANT IS ABLE TO OBTAIN SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN A CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE CASE

PROVING THINGS 109: WHEN A DEFENDANT IS ABLE TO OBTAIN SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN A CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE CASE

June 5, 2018 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil Procedure, Clinical Negligence, Expert evidence, Experts, Members Content, Summary judgment

NB THIS DECISION WAS OVERTURNED ON APPEAL SEE THE REPORT HERE  In Hewes v West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust & Ors [2018] EWHC 1345 (QB) Master Cook allowed a defendant’s application for summary judgment. It is a classic case of a…

TRANSFER FROM COUNTY COURT TO HIGH COURT: YOU CAN ASK  FOR THIS ONLY ONCE:  A DISCRETION TO BE EXERCISED "WITH GREAT CIRCUMSPECTION"

TRANSFER FROM COUNTY COURT TO HIGH COURT: YOU CAN ASK FOR THIS ONLY ONCE: A DISCRETION TO BE EXERCISED “WITH GREAT CIRCUMSPECTION”

June 5, 2018 · by gexall · in Abuse of Process, Applications, Case Management, Members Content

In Bass v Ministry of Defence [2018] EWHC 1297 (QB) Master Davison held it was an abuse of process for a party to make  an application to transfer to the High Court when a similar application had been made, and refused,…

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