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CORONAVIRUS LAW: COVID IS NOT GOING TO BE USED AS A REASON TO ALLOW A LATE AMENDMENT TO A DEFENCE

CORONAVIRUS LAW: COVID IS NOT GOING TO BE USED AS A REASON TO ALLOW A LATE AMENDMENT TO A DEFENCE

June 11, 2020 · by gexall · in Amendment, Applications, Coronavirus, Members Content

In the judgment today in Pearce v East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 1504 (QB) Mrs Justice Lambert considered an argument that the Coronavirus epidemic could play a part in the defendant’s application to amend its defence.  …

OPINION EVIDENCE AND DEFECTIVE WITNESS STATEMENTS: EVIDENCE NOT ALLOWED AT TRIAL

OPINION EVIDENCE AND DEFECTIVE WITNESS STATEMENTS: EVIDENCE NOT ALLOWED AT TRIAL

June 11, 2020 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Witness statements

In Harlow -v- Aspect Contracts Ltd [2020] EWHC 1488 (TCC) Harlow v Aspect Contracts Ltd [2020] EWHC 1488 (TCC) Alexander Nissen QC (sitting as a High Court judge) allowed an application preventing the defendant relying on a witness statement that was,…

COVID REPEATS 49: SIR HENRY BROOKE: A TRIBUTE TO HIS ONLINE PRESENCE

June 11, 2020 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content

This is the penultimate post in this series.  I thought it would be a good time to return to my tribute to Sir Henry Brooke.   One reason for this is that the legal world needed him and misses him.   After…

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