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"STATEMENTS OF CASE PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN CIVIL LITIGATION WHICH SHOULD NOT BE DIMINISHED": THE COURT OF APPEAL AND THE LEARNING ACADEMY

“STATEMENTS OF CASE PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN CIVIL LITIGATION WHICH SHOULD NOT BE DIMINISHED”: THE COURT OF APPEAL AND THE LEARNING ACADEMY

March 12, 2020 · by gexall · in Appeals, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Statements of Case

In November 2018 I wrote about the decision of HHJ Klein in  UK Learning Academy Ltd v The Secretary of State for Education [2018] EWHC 2915 (Comm). An appeal from that judgment has been heard, and dismissed, by the Court of Appeal. …

DEFENDANT'S PART 20 CLAIM AGAINST CLAIMANT'S WITNESSES STRUCK OUT: WITNESSES HAVE IMMUNITY (AND THIS HAS CONSEQUENCES...)

DEFENDANT’S PART 20 CLAIM AGAINST CLAIMANT’S WITNESSES STRUCK OUT: WITNESSES HAVE IMMUNITY (AND THIS HAS CONSEQUENCES…)

March 12, 2020 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Striking out, Witness statements

I am grateful to barrister David Green for supplying me with a note* of the judgment of HHJ Saggerson in Holley -v- Woodburn.  HHJ Saggerson, Central London County Court). A copy of the judgment is available  here C65YX969 Holley v…

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