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THE ASSESSMENT OF EXPERT  WITNESS CREDIBILITY: THE EARLIER THE BETTER (PARTICULARLY IF IT COSTS SOMEONE £7.5 MILLION)

THE ASSESSMENT OF EXPERT WITNESS CREDIBILITY: THE EARLIER THE BETTER (PARTICULARLY IF IT COSTS SOMEONE £7.5 MILLION)

April 22, 2019 · by gexall · in Case Management, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Costs, Expert evidence, Members Content

The judgment of Mr Justice Snowden in  Davey v Money & Anor [2019] EWHC 997 (Ch) will, no doubt, be read anxiously by all litigation funders. The judge held that the “Arkin cap” – a limit on the liability of…

WHAT DO LAWYERS DREAM ABOUT? ODD SHOES, PINK HAIR AND BEING LATE FOR COURT

WHAT DO LAWYERS DREAM ABOUT? ODD SHOES, PINK HAIR AND BEING LATE FOR COURT

April 22, 2019 · by gexall · in Bundles, Case Management, Members Content, Well being

This post started out of a perfectly amicable tweet from law lecturer extraordinaire Snigdha Nag, wishing everyone taking  exams good luck. That led some practitioners to reply that they were still having nightmares about law exams.  That then led to…

REVIEW OF BLOCK LISTING: HELP PIBA WITH INFORMATION ON ITS "EFFECTIVENESS" (AND THE PROBLEMS CAUSED TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT REACHED)

REVIEW OF BLOCK LISTING: HELP PIBA WITH INFORMATION ON ITS “EFFECTIVENESS” (AND THE PROBLEMS CAUSED TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT REACHED)

April 22, 2019 · by gexall · in Access to justice, Applications, Members Content

Every so often the MOJ has periods of “block listing” events at the Royal Court of Justice.  Essentially many Fast Track cases are listed and many dozens of litigants turn up in the hope of having their cases heard.  This…

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