A WHOLE COURT OF APPEAL CASE ABOUT WHETHER IT IS APPROPRIATE TO DRAFT A "NON-ADMISSION": NO DUTY ON A DEFENDANT TO SEEK OUT INFORMATION FROM A THIRD PARTY WHEN DRAFTING A DEFENCE

A WHOLE COURT OF APPEAL CASE ABOUT WHETHER IT IS APPROPRIATE TO DRAFT A “NON-ADMISSION”: NO DUTY ON A DEFENDANT TO SEEK OUT INFORMATION FROM A THIRD PARTY WHEN DRAFTING A DEFENCE

January 17, 2019 · by · in Appeals, Members Content, Statements of Case, Statements of Truth

In the judgment today in SPI North Ltd v Swiss Post International (UK) Ltd & Anor [2019] EWCA Civ 7 the Court of Appeal carried out a close analysis of the rules relating to pleading a defence. In particular the…

"CIVIL JUSTICE IS A PUBLIC GOOD": SPEECH BY LORD JUSTICE GROSS: WHY WE ARE WORKING IN THE "CINDERELLA" SECTOR

“CIVIL JUSTICE IS A PUBLIC GOOD”: SPEECH BY LORD JUSTICE GROSS: WHY WE ARE WORKING IN THE “CINDERELLA” SECTOR

January 17, 2019 · by · in Access to justice, Members Content, Useful links

This morning I am encouraging you all to read the speech of Lord Justice Gross given to the London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association Annual Lecture. It is a wide-ranging speech, the essential theme is that Civil Justice is…