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POSTS ON STRESS AND LITIGATION: A RECAP: LITIGATION AND LITIGATORS IN A TOUGH WORLD

POSTS ON STRESS AND LITIGATION: A RECAP: LITIGATION AND LITIGATORS IN A TOUGH WORLD

March 9, 2019 · by gexall · in Members Content, Well being

Comments on the post earlier this evening on dealing with stress have been supportive.  This may be a good time to provide a recap of the posts and links already on this blog in relation to lawyers, litigation and stress….

HOW DO LAWYERS RELAX? GUIDANCE AND LINKS: FIND MUGGLES,  START SEWING AND DISCONNECT FROM YOUR WORK

HOW DO LAWYERS RELAX? GUIDANCE AND LINKS: FIND MUGGLES, START SEWING AND DISCONNECT FROM YOUR WORK

March 9, 2019 · by gexall · in Members Content, Useful links, Well being

This post follows a tweet I received earlier this evening, from “Bunglingbarrister” Bunglingbarrister‏    “Even when I’m not doing work I still think about it often. I don’t think it is healthy to never allow your brain to switch off….

ALLEGED "MISCONDUCT" DURING ASSESSMENT PROCESS DID NOT LEAD TO COSTS BEING DISALLOWED OR REDUCED: ATE PREMIUM WAS REASONABLE

ALLEGED “MISCONDUCT” DURING ASSESSMENT PROCESS DID NOT LEAD TO COSTS BEING DISALLOWED OR REDUCED: ATE PREMIUM WAS REASONABLE

March 9, 2019 · by gexall · in Appeals, Applications, Conduct, Members Content, Witness statements

In  Murray v Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 539 (QB) Mr Justice Stewart rejected an argument that mistakes made by a claimant during the assessment of costs process should have led to costs being disallowed or reduced. The…

PROVING THINGS 145: WHEN EXPERTS ARE OF NO HELP AT ALL: IT IS THE FACTS THAT WON IT

PROVING THINGS 145: WHEN EXPERTS ARE OF NO HELP AT ALL: IT IS THE FACTS THAT WON IT

March 9, 2019 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Credibility of experts, Expert evidence, Experts, Members Content, Witness statements

I am giving a seminar on “Expert Witnesses and Liability” at the APIL Annual Conference in May.  The judgment of HHJ McKenna (sitting as a High Court judge) in  Al-Iqra & Ors v DSG Retail Ltd [2019] EWHC 429 (QB) gives…

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