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RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS, LATE SERVICE OF NOTICE TO APPEAL AND THE LITIGANT IN PERSON

RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS, LATE SERVICE OF NOTICE TO APPEAL AND THE LITIGANT IN PERSON

March 27, 2019 · by gexall · in Appeals, Applications, Extensions of time, Litigants in person, Members Content, Relief from sanctions

In  London Borough of Hamlets v Al Ahmed [2019] EWHC 749 (QB) Mr Justice Dove set aside an order granting an appellant an extension of time for appealing.  The fact that the appellant was a litigant in person was not a…

"BE KIND TO PEOPLE": THE (ALMOST) COMPLETE GUIDE FOR ASPIRANT AND NEW LAWYERS FROM TWITTER

“BE KIND TO PEOPLE”: THE (ALMOST) COMPLETE GUIDE FOR ASPIRANT AND NEW LAWYERS FROM TWITTER

March 27, 2019 · by gexall · in Access to justice, Advocacy, Members Content, Well being, What I'd tell a younger me, Witness statements

Yesterday I set out some of the Advice given on Twitter to those making a start in the legal profession. Here I have most of the posts. The discussion is still going on.  There has been a particularly long chain…

DEPARTING FROM THE BUDGET: IMPORTANT DECISION ON APPEAL: JUDGMENT NOW AVAILABLE

DEPARTING FROM THE BUDGET: IMPORTANT DECISION ON APPEAL: JUDGMENT NOW AVAILABLE

March 27, 2019 · by gexall · in Appeals, Clinical Negligence, Costs, Costs budgeting, Members Content

Both Professor Dominic Regan and Acumension have kindly sent me copies of the decision in Barts Health NHS Trust -v-Salmon an appeal in relation to costs budgeting (HHJ Dight CBE, with Master Brown as an assessor, 17th January 2019).  A copy…

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