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THE NOT SO LONELY LITIGATOR'S CLUB 33: THE MUSICAL SECTION: H.H. JUDGE WOLSTENHOLME - THE DRUMMER JUDGE

THE NOT SO LONELY LITIGATOR’S CLUB 33: THE MUSICAL SECTION: H.H. JUDGE WOLSTENHOLME – THE DRUMMER JUDGE

June 23, 2020 · by gexall · in Members Content, Well being

The next member of the musical section of  our Club is retired Circuit Judge Scott Wolstenholme.  Scott may have retired from law a few years back but he is incapable of retiring from drumming.  I have been playing in a…

FAILURE TO FILE A CERTIFICATE FOR THE LITIGATION FRIEND UPON ISSUE: CAN THE COURT REMEDY THE SITUATION: CONSIDERING THE IMPARTIALITY OF THE LITIGATION FRIEND

FAILURE TO FILE A CERTIFICATE FOR THE LITIGATION FRIEND UPON ISSUE: CAN THE COURT REMEDY THE SITUATION: CONSIDERING THE IMPARTIALITY OF THE LITIGATION FRIEND

June 23, 2020 · by gexall · in Case Management, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content

It is rare for there to be a lengthy judgment in relation to procedural issues about the appointment and the role of the litigation Friend.  In Hinduja v Hinduja & Ors [2020] EWHC 1533 (Ch) Mr Justice Falk considered whether…

FARMER -v- THE CHIEF CONSTABLE OF LANCASHIRE: COSTS DISALLOWED IN FULL: FULL JUDGMENT NOW AVAILABLE

FARMER -v- THE CHIEF CONSTABLE OF LANCASHIRE: COSTS DISALLOWED IN FULL: FULL JUDGMENT NOW AVAILABLE

June 23, 2020 · by gexall · in Assessment of Costs, Conduct, Costs, Members Content

I wrote yesterday about the two useful articles on the case of  Farmer v The Chief Constable of Lancashire [2019] EWHC B18 (Costs). The full judgment is now available on BAILLI. “Anybody around this table being of the costs persuasion…

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