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INDEMNITY COSTS ORDERED WHERE DEFENDANT ASKED FOR JSM BUT MADE NO OFFER: "A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY"

INDEMNITY COSTS ORDERED WHERE DEFENDANT ASKED FOR JSM BUT MADE NO OFFER: “A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY”

June 3, 2020 · by gexall · in Clinical Negligence, Conduct, Costs, Members Content

On the Kings  Chambers website there is a report, and transcript, of the decision in EAXB v. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: 4-8th November 2019 and 6th January 2020. The report is of a case  where the claimant was successful…

MORE CORONAVIRUS LAW:  HEALTH PROTECTION REGULATIONS BAN ON RELIGIOUS GATHERING NOT REMOVED BY INJUNCTION

MORE CORONAVIRUS LAW: HEALTH PROTECTION REGULATIONS BAN ON RELIGIOUS GATHERING NOT REMOVED BY INJUNCTION

June 3, 2020 · by gexall · in Coronavirus, Injunctions, Members Content

In Hussain, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Health & Social Care [2020] EWHC 1392 (Admin) Mr Justice Swift refused an application for interim relief to allow attendance at religious services.  The application requested the prevention…

COVID REPEATS 41: OFFICE GOSSIP IS NOT EVIDENCE

COVID REPEATS 41: OFFICE GOSSIP IS NOT EVIDENCE

June 3, 2020 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Members Content, Witness statements

This week we continue with our look back at cases in relation to witness evidence.  This contains another reminder that there is a requirement, a mandatory requirement, that a witness making a witness statement gives the source of their information…

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