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WHEN EXPERT EVIDENCE BECOMES REDUNDANT:  "WE DO NOT HAVE TRIAL BY EXPERT IN THIS COUNTRY: WE HAVE TRIAL BY JUDGE"

WHEN EXPERT EVIDENCE BECOMES REDUNDANT: “WE DO NOT HAVE TRIAL BY EXPERT IN THIS COUNTRY: WE HAVE TRIAL BY JUDGE”

August 4, 2020 · by gexall · in Case Management, Civil evidence, Expert evidence, Experts, Fatal Accidents, Members Content

There is an interesting judgment on expert evidence at Domeney v Rees & Ors [2020] EWHC 2115 (QB), where Master Davis considered whether accident reconstruction evidence was necessary in relation to a trial.   “We do not have trial by…

CORONAVIRUS LAW: COVID AND CONTACT BETWEEN PARENTS AND CHILD

CORONAVIRUS LAW: COVID AND CONTACT BETWEEN PARENTS AND CHILD

August 4, 2020 · by gexall · in Appeals, Civil evidence, Coronavirus, Members Content

The number of cases dealing with issues relating to COVID have reduced.  However issues still arise. In the judgement today in  D-S (Contact With Children In Care: Covid-19) [2020] EWCA Civ 1031 the Court of Appeal set out clear principles…

RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS ALLOWED WHEN JUDGE HAD RESERVATIONS AS TO WHETHER STRIKING OUT ORDER SHOULD EVER HAVE BEEN MADE

RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS ALLOWED WHEN JUDGE HAD RESERVATIONS AS TO WHETHER STRIKING OUT ORDER SHOULD EVER HAVE BEEN MADE

August 4, 2020 · by gexall · in Appeals, Members Content, Relief from sanctions

In Barakat v Greycourt Ltd [2020] EWHC 643 (Ch) Mr Justice Fancourt granted relief from sanctions to an appellant whose appeal had been struck out without notice. One thing of note in this judgment is the order striking out the…

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