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GUIDANCE TO EXPERTS, STRAIGHT FROM THE BENCH: ONLY PUT YOUR HAT WHERE YOU CAN REACH IT: AVOID EXPERT-WITNESS-ITIS

GUIDANCE TO EXPERTS, STRAIGHT FROM THE BENCH: ONLY PUT YOUR HAT WHERE YOU CAN REACH IT: AVOID EXPERT-WITNESS-ITIS

November 9, 2018 · by gexall · in Expert evidence, Experts, Members Content

There are several series on this blog which features judges giving advice to advocates. In his keynote address to the Bond Solon Experts conference Lord Justice McFarlane gives advice to experts.  As ever the aim of this post is to…

101st CPR UPDATE: WELCOME TO THE VIDEO LINK WORLD

101st CPR UPDATE: WELCOME TO THE VIDEO LINK WORLD

November 9, 2018 · by gexall · in Applications, Members Content, Rule Changes, Setting aside judgment

The 101st update to the Civil Procedure Rules apply from 8th and 30th November 2018.  The main development is a procedure whereby applications to set aside default judgment may be heard by video link. SETTING ASIDE DEFAULT JUDGMENTS: HEARD BY…

SIX YEARS ON: YOU SHOULD KNOW THE CASE YOU WANT TO PLEAD: CLAIMANT'S ACTION STRUCK OUT BECAUSE OF INABILITY TO PARTICULARISE CASE

SIX YEARS ON: YOU SHOULD KNOW THE CASE YOU WANT TO PLEAD: CLAIMANT’S ACTION STRUCK OUT BECAUSE OF INABILITY TO PARTICULARISE CASE

November 9, 2018 · by gexall · in Amendment, Applications, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Statements of Case, Striking out

The judgment of HHJ Platts in Wrightson -v- Flor Projects Limited [2018] EWHC 3036 (QB) provides, amongst other things, an important warning on the need to plead and particularise a case properly.  The case shows that when a claimant has…

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