THE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS: GUIDANCE FOR THOSE WHO GO LIVE AT LEEDS
HHJ Malcolm Davis-White QC has sent out guidance for the County Court at Leeds Property and Business Work. Solicitors and advocates may want to note the strictures in relation the filing of bundles and skeleton arguments in particular. Note it…
APPEALS FROM DISTRICT JUDGES WHEN CASES HAVE BEEN RELEASED TO THEM: A POINT TO WATCH
The judgment of Mr Justice Morgan in Hilton v Cosnier [2018] EWHC 3728 (Ch) highlights a practical issue that is easy to overlook. Cases, that are normally tried by a Circuit Judge, can be released to a District Judge. Appeals from…
LEGAL FUTURES CIVIL LITIGATION CONFERENCE 19th MARCH 2019 (IF CARLSBERG DID CONFERENCES ABOUT LITIGATION…)
The Legal Futures Civil Litigation Conference is on the 19th March this year at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London. Details of the day and how to book can be found here. This should be a highly informative day. “This conference…
“A MISUSE OF JUDICIAL POWER”: A WITNESS SPEAKING TO LAWYER IN THE COURSE OF GIVING EVIDENCE DOES NOT JUSTIFY COMMITTAL OR STRIKING OUT A CASE
In the judgment today in Hughes Jarvis Ltd v Searle & Anor [2019] EWCA Civ the Court of Appeal robustly overturned a decision committing a witness to prison and striking out a case. It was found that the trial judge had,…
THE DEFENDANT’S “WRONG” APPLICATION TO DISPUTE JURISDICTION WAS STILL VALID: DEFENDANT ALLOWED EXTENSION OF TIME AND TO CORRECT APPLICATION
Twelve years ago, in Hoddinott and others v Persimmon Homes (Wessex) Limited [2007] EWCA Civ 1203; [2008] 1 WLR 806, the Court of Appeal held that the correct way for a defendant to challenge the validity of a claim form was to issue…
CLAIM FORM CASE IN THE COURT OF APPEAL: SERVICE OF CLAIM FORM BY UNAUTHORISED BODY DOES NOT RENDER SERVICE VOID (ALTHOUGH IT IS STILL NAUGHTY)
We have managed to get to the 15th day of the year without a service of the claim form case, to compensate for this there are two today. In Ndole Assets Ltd v Designer M&E Services UK Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ…
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