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EVIDENCE OBTAINED BY TORTURE: THE SUPREME COURT CONSIDERS THE APPROPRIATE APPROACH WHEN TORTURE CANNOT BE PROVEN

EVIDENCE OBTAINED BY TORTURE: THE SUPREME COURT CONSIDERS THE APPROPRIATE APPROACH WHEN TORTURE CANNOT BE PROVEN

August 5, 2020 · by gexall · in Appeals, Civil evidence, Members Content, Witness statements

In the judgment today in  Shagang Shipping Company Ltd v HNA Group Company Ltd [2020] UKSC 34 the Supreme Court sends out a clear message about the use (or rather non-use) of evidence obtained by torture in civil proceedings.  This…

PROVING THINGS 178: PROVING PREJUDICE: THE NEED FOR SPECIFIC EVIDENCE

PROVING THINGS 178: PROVING PREJUDICE: THE NEED FOR SPECIFIC EVIDENCE

August 5, 2020 · by gexall · in Appeals, Civil evidence, Members Content, Striking out

There is another aspect of the Court of Appeal decision in Cable v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 1015 that justifies closer examination.  That is the court’s observations on the judge’s finding of prejudice.  The Court of Appeal…

COURT TAKES UNUSUAL "GRADATED" APPROACH AND DEFERS APPLICATION FOR RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS FOR LATE SERVICE OF WITNESS STATEMENTS  - & IT COULD COST THEM $58 MILLION (I SUPPOSE THAT EVERY LITTLE HELPS...)

COURT TAKES UNUSUAL “GRADATED” APPROACH AND DEFERS APPLICATION FOR RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS FOR LATE SERVICE OF WITNESS STATEMENTS – & IT COULD COST THEM $58 MILLION (I SUPPOSE THAT EVERY LITTLE HELPS…)

August 5, 2020 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Relief from sanctions, Witness statements

In Manning & Napier Fund, Inc & Anor v Tesco Plc [2020] EWHC 2106 (Ch) Mr Justice Hildyard took the unusual step of deferring the claimants’ application for relief from sanctions in serving witness statements late. “Much or all of…

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