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AN ELECTRONIC BUNDLE SHOULD BE CONFINED TO "ESSENTIAL" DOCUMENTS: IT HELPS IF COUNSEL HAS A SAY IN ITS PREPARATION: IMPORTANCE GUIDANCE FROM THE HIGH COURT

AN ELECTRONIC BUNDLE SHOULD BE CONFINED TO “ESSENTIAL” DOCUMENTS: IT HELPS IF COUNSEL HAS A SAY IN ITS PREPARATION: IMPORTANCE GUIDANCE FROM THE HIGH COURT

May 11, 2020 · by gexall · in Bundles, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Remote hearings

In the judgment given this morning in  Tailby , Re TPS Investments (UK) Ltd [2020] EWHC 1135 (Ch) HHJ Cox QC (sitting as a High Court Judge) gave some importance guidance in relation to the preparation and presentation of an…

THE EXPERT'S DUTY TO GIVE A RANGE OF OPINION: A DECISION NOT TO DO SO "BORDERING ON ARROGANCE"

THE EXPERT’S DUTY TO GIVE A RANGE OF OPINION: A DECISION NOT TO DO SO “BORDERING ON ARROGANCE”

May 11, 2020 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Credibility of experts, Expert evidence, Experts, Members Content, Personal Injury

Experts have a mandatory duty under the rules to give a range of opinion for their advices.  I am grateful to Gary Smith from Prince Evans & Co for sending me a copy of the judgment of HHJ Belcher in…

COVID REPEATS 18: "BEHIND THE DIFFIDENT SMILE OF THE SHYEST JUNIOR IS A CONCEIT OF NAPOLEONIC PROPORTIONS"

COVID REPEATS 18: “BEHIND THE DIFFIDENT SMILE OF THE SHYEST JUNIOR IS A CONCEIT OF NAPOLEONIC PROPORTIONS”

May 11, 2020 · by gexall · in Advocacy, Applications, Coronavirus, Members Content

Today we travel to Australia and looking again at  guidance given by the Hon Chief Justice Pat Keane in his keynote address to the Australian Lawyers Alliance Queensland State Conference in February 2013. Remember the main aim of these posts…

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