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BOOK REVIEW: CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE MADE CLEAR: NIGEL POOLE QC

BOOK REVIEW: CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE MADE CLEAR: NIGEL POOLE QC

October 21, 2019 · by gexall · in Book Review, Case Management, Civil evidence, Clinical Negligence, Members Content

Nigel Poole QC has a book published this month “Clinical Negligence Made Clear A Guide for Patients and Professionals”.  I have had access to the printed and the digital copy, and I’ve had fun… “If you can’t explain it simply, you…

STAYING SANE AS A LITIGATOR 2: FISH FILES AND HOW TO FILLET THEM

STAYING SANE AS A LITIGATOR 2: FISH FILES AND HOW TO FILLET THEM

October 21, 2019 · by gexall · in Avoiding negligence claims, Case Management, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content

We have looked at “fish files” several times on this blog, and with good reason. A “fish file” is a file that has been left for so long it has started to smell. Consequently the litigator avoids it and it…

A CRI DE COEUR FOR MORE MONEY WON'T GET YOU AN INTERIM PAYMENT ON ACCOUNT OF COSTS: MASTER EMPHASISES THE NEED FOR HARD EVIDENCE

A CRI DE COEUR FOR MORE MONEY WON’T GET YOU AN INTERIM PAYMENT ON ACCOUNT OF COSTS: MASTER EMPHASISES THE NEED FOR HARD EVIDENCE

October 21, 2019 · by gexall · in Access to justice, Applications, Assessment of Costs, Costs, Interim Payments, Members Content

In RXK v Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 2751 (QB) Master Cook made some important observations about the quality of evidence needed to obtain an interim order for costs in an ongoing case. (The judgment in X -v-…

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