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MOVING TO KINGS CHAMBERS LEEDS, MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM: FROM TODAY

MOVING TO KINGS CHAMBERS LEEDS, MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM: FROM TODAY

October 31, 2019 · by gexall · in Members Content, Moving Chambers

I am pleased to announce that, from the 1st November 2019, I have become a tenant at Kings Chambers, based in Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham.   I will be a member of the  Serious Injury, Clinical Negligence and Healthcare and…

STAYING SANE AS A LITIGATOR 5: THINGS WILL GO WRONG: "YOU GOTTA HAVE A PLAN": DON'T CRASH...

STAYING SANE AS A LITIGATOR 5: THINGS WILL GO WRONG: “YOU GOTTA HAVE A PLAN”: DON’T CRASH…

October 31, 2019 · by gexall · in Applications, Avoiding negligence claims, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Professional negligence,, Relief from sanctions, Service of the claim form, Serving documents, Setting aside judgment, Witness statements

No matter how hard you try, on occasions, things will go wrong in litigation.  Do you have a plan?  Here we examine the need to have a plan to cover default and other issues in litigation. We then look in…

PROVING THINGS 167: BUNDLES, EXPERTS, ABSENT WITNESS, UNPLEADED DEFENCES AND... SEWAGE: ALL MODERN LITIGATION IS HERE...

PROVING THINGS 167: BUNDLES, EXPERTS, ABSENT WITNESS, UNPLEADED DEFENCES AND… SEWAGE: ALL MODERN LITIGATION IS HERE…

October 31, 2019 · by gexall · in Bundles, Case Management, Expert evidence, Experts, Members Content, Witness statements

 The judgment of HHJ Russen (QC) (sitting as a High Court Judge) in Kivells Ltd v Torridge District Council [2019] EWHC 2846 (TCC), contains a number of interesting scenarios in relation  to civil evidence.  Many  of the common problems of…

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