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WITNESS BUNDLES: TAKE THEM AWAY AT THE END OF THE TRIAL - OR ELSE

WITNESS BUNDLES: TAKE THEM AWAY AT THE END OF THE TRIAL – OR ELSE

April 5, 2019 · by gexall · in Applications, Bundles, Case Management, Members Content

This has been a week dominated by bundles. To end the week the Bar Council has sent out a joint notice from HMCTS on removal of court bundles. This provides a major incentive to ensure that bundles are, in fact,…

NEW RULES COMING INTO FORCE TOMORROW

NEW RULES COMING INTO FORCE TOMORROW

April 5, 2019 · by gexall · in Case Management, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Rule Changes

Why anyone chose a Saturday as the implementation date for new rules may be a mystery.  Nevertheless new rules are in force from tomorrow.   Two crucial items: court bundles and writing directly to the court have already been looked at. …

RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS GRANTED WHERE MONEY PAID 17 HOURS LATE:"A SENSE OF PERSPECTIVE IS NECESSARY"

RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS GRANTED WHERE MONEY PAID 17 HOURS LATE:”A SENSE OF PERSPECTIVE IS NECESSARY”

April 5, 2019 · by gexall · in Appeals, Applications, Civil Procedure, Costs, Members Content, Relief from sanctions, Summary assessment,

In Khandanpour v Chambers [2019] EWCA Civ 570 the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal in relation to a refusal to give relief from sanctions.  A delay in payment of 17 hours of part of the moneys ordered by the…

AMENDMENT, FOOTBALL AND THE ALLEGEDLY NEGLIGENT SOLICITOR: SIX KEY POINTS (WITH THE LAST ONE BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL)

AMENDMENT, FOOTBALL AND THE ALLEGEDLY NEGLIGENT SOLICITOR: SIX KEY POINTS (WITH THE LAST ONE BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL)

April 5, 2019 · by gexall · in Amendment, Appeals, Civil Procedure, Limitation, Members Content

There are many reasons litigators should read the judgment of Mrs Justice O’Farrell in Jenkins v JCP Solicitors Ltd [2019] EWHC 852 (QB). 1. It provides yet another example of a claimant suing the wrong entity The firm of solicitors…

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