BEING A LITIGATOR: “WHAT I’D TELL A YOUNGER ME” 2: BRIE STEVENS-HOARE QC
In the second in this series I popped into chambers at Hardwicke and spoke to property and probate law litigator Brie Stevens-Hoare QC. A QC since 2013 Brie is also Deputy Adjudicator to HM Land Registry and sits as a fee-paid…
ADVERSE INFERENCES DRAWN WHEN SOLICITOR DID NOT GIVE EVIDENCE: IF YOU’VE HAD £22 MILLION YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN IT
In The Lord Chancellor v Blavo & Co Solictors Ltd & Anor [2018] EWHC 3556 (QB) Mr Justice Pepperall found it was appropriate to draw adverse inferences when key participants did not give evidence. It is another example of the principles…