A STRATEGY WHEN SETTLEMENT IS REACHED WITH SOME, BUT NOT ALL, DEFENDANTS
An earlier post dealt with the judgment in McDermott -v- Inhealth Limited (19/07/2018) in relation to costs liability when a claimant settled against some, but not all, defendants in a clinical negligence case. That judgment was sent to me by Thomas Riis-Bristow, Associate…
ADJOURNING A HEARING BECAUSE OF A SICK NOTE: COURT OF APPEAL DECISION: MEDICAL EVIDENCE HAS TO ESTABLISH UNFITNESS TO ATTEND HEARING
There have been a number of cases recently relating to applications of hearings on health grounds, in particular the adequacy of the evidence. The relevant principles were reviewed by the Court of Appeal today in General Medical Council v Hayat [2018]…
COSTS AND “ABSURD” CONDUCT IN LITIGATION: HOW TO WASTE £1 MILLION…
This blog rarely looks at family cases. When it does it is often in relation to costs. Which is why the judgment of Mr Justice Francis in ABX v SBX [2018] EWFC 81 caught my eye. It raises one fundamental dilemma…
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