CIVIL LITIGATION REVIEW OF 2018 2: CASE OF THE YEAR: HOW WINNING ON A PRELIMINARY ISSUE CAN LEAD YOU UP THE GARDEN PATH

There are no objective criteria for selecting case of the year.   This year I have chosen Burges & Anor v Lejonvarn [2018] EWHC 3166 (TCC).   This case is a classic illustration of a basic failure to prove things.  It is of central importance to litigators. The irony is that law students will un...