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PROVING THINGS 132: BUNDLES, BURDENS OF PROOF AND GO-KARTS: CLAIMANT MANAGES TO CROSS THE WINNING LINE ON APPEAL

PROVING THINGS 132: BUNDLES, BURDENS OF PROOF AND GO-KARTS: CLAIMANT MANAGES TO CROSS THE WINNING LINE ON APPEAL

November 8, 2018 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Witness statements

The judgment in Cowley Property Investment Ltd v Oxford Karting Ltd [2018] EWHC 2824 (Ch) contains a consideration of the rule that documents in an agreed trial bundle are admissible. It is a case all about proving things without calling evidence….

WHEN WITNESSES DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE SAYING: WHY THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND BELIEF IS IMPORTANT

WHEN WITNESSES DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE SAYING: WHY THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND BELIEF IS IMPORTANT

November 8, 2018 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Witness statements

There is a short passage in the judgment in GPP Big Field LLP & Anor v Solar EPC Solutions SL [2018] EWHC 2866 (Comm) that shows (not for the first time this year) that those responsible for drafting witness statements often…

YOU’RE FIRED: A LITIGATOR ON THE APPRENTICE 7: PLANE COMMONSENSE WAS JUST MISSING: ONE LAWYER GONE, THE OTHER INVISIBLE

YOU’RE FIRED: A LITIGATOR ON THE APPRENTICE 7: PLANE COMMONSENSE WAS JUST MISSING: ONE LAWYER GONE, THE OTHER INVISIBLE

November 8, 2018 · by gexall · in Limitation, Members Content, Review

This week one of our lawyers on the Apprentice got fired. Law Graduate Kurran did not make the grade, he got to take the taxi ride of shame. That leaves solicitor Sarah Ann as the only lawyer remaining. Kurran’s team…

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