CORONAVIRUS LAW: COVID IS NOT GOING TO BE USED AS A REASON TO ALLOW A LATE AMENDMENT TO A DEFENCE
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
In 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, in reality, an attempt to give expert evidence. …
COVID REPEATS 49: SIR HENRY BROOKE: A TRIBUTE TO HIS ONLINE PRESENCE
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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