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EXPERTS, IMPARTIALITY AND CELEBRITY BEDSPREADS: BE CAREFUL OF THE WAY YOU INSTRUCT EXPERTS AND YOU MAY SLEEP TIGHTLY (YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY)

EXPERTS, IMPARTIALITY AND CELEBRITY BEDSPREADS: BE CAREFUL OF THE WAY YOU INSTRUCT EXPERTS AND YOU MAY SLEEP TIGHTLY (YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY)

November 26, 2019 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Conduct, Expert evidence, Experts, Members Content

In Ashley Wilde Group Ltd v BCPL Ltd [2019] EWHC 3166 (IPEC)   HHJ Melissa Clarke considered, and was critical of, the way in which an expert was instructed.  The difficulty was that the appointed expert moved from “hired gun” hired…

WHEN WITNESSES ALL SAY THE SAME THING: THIS RARELY TURNS OUT WELL: (WHEN THEY SIGN THE SAME STATEMENT, IT COULD BE WORSE...)

WHEN WITNESSES ALL SAY THE SAME THING: THIS RARELY TURNS OUT WELL: (WHEN THEY SIGN THE SAME STATEMENT, IT COULD BE WORSE…)

November 26, 2019 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Witness statements

There has been a brief exchange on Twitter this morning. Someone has been served with a  single witness statement  – signed by three people.  There are manifest breaches of the rules here.  It is another example of a statement being…

IS A CONDITIONAL FEE AGREEMENT A CONTENTIOUS BUSINESS AGREEMENT? WELL, IT DEPENDS... (& IT HAS CONSEQUENCES)

IS A CONDITIONAL FEE AGREEMENT A CONTENTIOUS BUSINESS AGREEMENT? WELL, IT DEPENDS… (& IT HAS CONSEQUENCES)

November 26, 2019 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil Procedure, Costs, Members Content

In Healys LLP v Partridge & Anor [2019] EWHC 2471 (Ch) Kelyn Bacon QC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, considered the issue of whether a conditional fee agreement was a contentious business agreement.  This has practical consequences in…

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