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JOB VACANCY :  HEAD OF LEGAL PRACTICE AT ANTI TRAFFICKING AND LABOUR EXPLOITATION UNIT

JOB VACANCY : HEAD OF LEGAL PRACTICE AT ANTI TRAFFICKING AND LABOUR EXPLOITATION UNIT

August 21, 2019 · by gexall · in Access to justice, Members Content

ATLEU job vacancy – Head of Legal Practice Hours:             35 per week (flexible and part-time working considered) Salary:             circa £36,000 plus 5% employer pension contribution Leave:    …

DE MINIMIS BREACH OF RULES DID NOT LEAD TO PART 36 OFFER BEING INVALID

DE MINIMIS BREACH OF RULES DID NOT LEAD TO PART 36 OFFER BEING INVALID

August 21, 2019 · by gexall · in Applications, Costs, Members Content, Part 36

In Momonakaya v the Ministry of Defence [2019] EWHC 480 (QB) HHJ Blair QC considered whether a claimant had properly accepted a Part 36 offer.  It was held that an offer that breached the rules in a de minimis way was…

WHEN THE COURT LOSES IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS: ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS IN THE COURTS: "CIVIL JUSTICE: 2019 STYLE"

WHEN THE COURT LOSES IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS: ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS IN THE COURTS: “CIVIL JUSTICE: 2019 STYLE”

August 21, 2019 · by gexall · in Access to justice, Applications, Civil Procedure, Members Content

I am grateful to solicitor Aaron Pearson for giving me permission to post some comments he put on LinkedIn earlier today. It is  small issue, but is an example of the administrative errors that occur daily within the court system,…

AN OFFER TO SETTLE FOR NO DAMAGES CAN STILL BE A VALID PART 36 OFFER: APPEAL AGAINST NO ORDER FOR COSTS ALLOWED (IN PART)

AN OFFER TO SETTLE FOR NO DAMAGES CAN STILL BE A VALID PART 36 OFFER: APPEAL AGAINST NO ORDER FOR COSTS ALLOWED (IN PART)

August 21, 2019 · by gexall · in Appeals, Costs, Members Content, Part 36

In MR v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2019] EWHC 1970 (QB) Mrs Justice McGowan allowed an appeal as to costs in a issue relating to Part 36. She held that the trial judge had erred in making no…

THE EXPERT AS ADVOCATE AND PROVIDING "CRITICAL COMMENTARY": IMPORTANT POINTS ON THE ROLE OF THE EXPERT WITNESS TO TAKE AWAY

THE EXPERT AS ADVOCATE AND PROVIDING “CRITICAL COMMENTARY”: IMPORTANT POINTS ON THE ROLE OF THE EXPERT WITNESS TO TAKE AWAY

August 21, 2019 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Expert evidence, Experts, Members Content

There are some interesting comments on experts in the judgment of Matthew Gullick (sitting as a High Court Judge) in  Pepe’s Piri Piri Ltd & Anor v Junaid & Ors [2019] EWHC 2097. “It is not part of the duty…

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