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ARROGANT, RUDE, SEXIST (AND AT TIMES BARELY LITERATE): THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE: WE ALL DESERVE BETTER MUCH, MUCH BETTER

January 6, 2019 · by gexall · in Abuse of Process, Access to justice, Members Content

My “litigator’s New Year’s resolution” for 2019 was to recommend that everyone read more of Emily Dugan’s work on exposing the impact of the cuts at the Ministry of Justice. When I wrote the “resolution” I could not have conceived…

CIVIL PROCEDURE BACK TO BASICS 22: WHEN THE CLAIMANT ADOPTS ALLEGATIONS OF CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE: HOIST ON YOUR OWN PETARD

CIVIL PROCEDURE BACK TO BASICS 22: WHEN THE CLAIMANT ADOPTS ALLEGATIONS OF CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE: HOIST ON YOUR OWN PETARD

January 6, 2019 · by gexall · in Applications, Members Content, Statements of Case

This post follows on from the previous post in relation to pleading the Defendant’s case in the alternative.  Here we are looking at cases where a defendant pleads allegations of negligence and the claimant uses  those allegations as allegations against the…

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