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CORONAVIRUS CATCH UP 2: COSTS AND BUDGETING

CORONAVIRUS CATCH UP 2: COSTS AND BUDGETING

May 7, 2020 · by gexall · in Costs, Costs budgeting, Members Content

Here there are short snippets of cases relating to costs decision in the past month or so which may have been displaced by the commentary on COVID-19.   Rippon Patel And French LLP v Mowlam [2020] EWHC 1079 (QB)  An…

LAW CENTRES AND LEGAL NEED DURING LOCKDOWN: GUEST POST FROM SUE JAMES

LAW CENTRES AND LEGAL NEED DURING LOCKDOWN: GUEST POST FROM SUE JAMES

May 7, 2020 · by gexall · in Access to justice, Civil Procedure, Coronavirus, Members Content

Sue James was an early member of the (not so) Lonely Litigator’s Club.  Following comments made about law centres yesterday I  invited Sue to write a guest post on the role of  law centres, generally and during the pandemic.  Sue…

THE (NOT SO) LONELY LITIGATOR'S CLUB 18: CORI McKEOWN: THE TRAINEE SOLICITOR'S TALE

THE (NOT SO) LONELY LITIGATOR’S CLUB 18: CORI McKEOWN: THE TRAINEE SOLICITOR’S TALE

May 7, 2020 · by gexall · in Coronavirus, Members Content, Well being

Our club clearly needs a wide range of members.  We have had a pupil barrister join and now we have a trainee solicitor.  I wanted some insight into the problems of just starting off in your career and then having…

COVID REPEATS 14: REVIEW OF "MAY IT PLEASE YOU MADAM": "THE FIFTH DEFENDANT IS A CAT..."

COVID REPEATS 14: REVIEW OF “MAY IT PLEASE YOU MADAM”: “THE FIFTH DEFENDANT IS A CAT…”

May 7, 2020 · by gexall · in Advocacy, Coronavirus, Members Content

We are looking  again at “May it please you Madam” by retired District Judge Neil Hickman.  This is not designed as a guide for advocates, indeed the subtitle is “A little book of legal whimsy”.  This does do do the book…

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