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QOCS PROTECTION COVERS A COUNTER-CLAIMING DEFENDANT: SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

QOCS PROTECTION COVERS A COUNTER-CLAIMING DEFENDANT: SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

September 14, 2018 · by gexall · in Costs, Members Content, QOCS

I am grateful to barrister Andrew Lyons for sending me a copy of the judgment of HHJ Freedman in Ketchion -v- McEwan (28th June 2018), a copy of which is available here, 1061737_Ketchion v McEwan_Judgment for Approval_26 6 18.  It is…

STATEMENTS OF CASE: KEEP THEM SIMPLE: NO NEED TO PLEAD A REFERENCE TO SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN IN A CASE ALLEGING BREACH OF CONTRACT

STATEMENTS OF CASE: KEEP THEM SIMPLE: NO NEED TO PLEAD A REFERENCE TO SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN IN A CASE ALLEGING BREACH OF CONTRACT

September 14, 2018 · by gexall · in Abuse of Process, Members Content, Statements of Case, Striking out

In Portland Stone Firms Ltd & Ors v Barclays Bank Plc & Ors [2018] EWHC 2341 (QB) Mr Justice Stuart-Smith had some telling observations about the way in which statements of case should be drafted. “The applications before the Court have…

THERE ARE GOOD REASONS NOT TO CALL AN OPPONENT'S 'RIDICULOUS' : PARTICULARLY IF THEY ARE, IN FACT, CORRECT

THERE ARE GOOD REASONS NOT TO CALL AN OPPONENT’S ‘RIDICULOUS’ : PARTICULARLY IF THEY ARE, IN FACT, CORRECT

September 14, 2018 · by gexall · in Conduct, Members Content, Written advocacy

This blog has looked at issues relating to written submissions many times. Included in this has been the need to avoid hyperbole, which often backfires.  A good example, borrowed from the United States, is the judgment in Bennett -v- Start…

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