COUNSEL’S FEES ARE RECOVERABLE ON A CASE THAT LEAVES THE PORTAL: WHEN A TRAIL OF BREADCRUMBS LEADS NOWHERE
In the judgment today in Finsbury Food Group Plc v Dover [2020] EWHC 2176 (QB) Mrs Justice Lambert rejected the defendant’s arguments that counsel’s fees were not recoverable. “I do not accept that leaving the legal costs of valuing a…
COURTESY AND CORRESPONDENCE: “NOTHING WAS SAID TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR ACCEPT THE JUDGE’S CRITICISM OF THE HIGH-HANDED MANNER IN WHICH THE ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR HAD SOUGHT TO TELL THE COURT HOW THE TRIAL WAS GOING TO BE CONDUCTED”
The post yesterday on the decision in Gubarev & Anor v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd & Anor [2020] EWHC 2167 (QB) mentioned the issue that the Divisional Court had with the way in which the claimant’s solicitors had attempted to dictate…
CIVIL PROCEDURE (CORONAVIRUS): BLOG AND ARTICLES ROUND UP – JULY 2020
Issues relating to coronavirus still play a large part in the conduct of civil litigation. It is still worthwhile looking at those posts and articles that deal specifically with covid and the courts. Costs ACL – Gordon-Saker: Video and phone…
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