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DECODING THE LEGAL DIRECTORIES 2019: WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS...

DECODING THE LEGAL DIRECTORIES 2019: WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS…

September 27, 2019 · by gexall · in Education, Members Content

It is Legal Directories Time of year.  Here I (re)print an easy guide on how to interpret a directory entry, kindly provided by law lecturer John Bates.   Can I also refer you to Wigapedia’s  Language of the legal directory decoded:…

STOP ARGUING WITH THE JUDGE AFTER JUDGMENT IS GIVEN: POST-JUDGMENT SUBMISSIONS LEADS TO CASE GOING OFF THE RAILS

STOP ARGUING WITH THE JUDGE AFTER JUDGMENT IS GIVEN: POST-JUDGMENT SUBMISSIONS LEADS TO CASE GOING OFF THE RAILS

September 27, 2019 · by gexall · in Appeals, Applications, Civil evidence, Members Content

The judgment today in AR & ML [2019] EWFC 56 is of considerable importance to all those who seek to “re-argue” a case after judgment rather than appeal.  Mostyn J attempts to put an end to what he identified as…

POINTS HAVE TO BE PLEADED: APPLICATION TO AMEND AT TRIAL CORRECTLY DISALLOWED: PLEADINGS ARE THERE TO ENSURE THAT THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF EACH PARTY'S CASE ARE KNOWN

POINTS HAVE TO BE PLEADED: APPLICATION TO AMEND AT TRIAL CORRECTLY DISALLOWED: PLEADINGS ARE THERE TO ENSURE THAT THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF EACH PARTY’S CASE ARE KNOWN

September 27, 2019 · by gexall · in Amendment, Appeals, Applications, Members Content, Statements of Case

In  Kensington Mortgage Company Ltd v Mallon & Ors [2019] EWHC 2512 (Ch)  Sir Gerald Barling, sitting as a Judge of the High Court, dismissed an appeal against a judge’s refusal to consider a point that was not pleaded.  The…

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