IF YOU ARE IN COURT AND NOT SPEAKING TO THE JUDGE: SHUT UP: "RIVAL TRIBES" IN THE COURTROOM NEVER HELP

IF YOU ARE IN COURT AND NOT SPEAKING TO THE JUDGE: SHUT UP: “RIVAL TRIBES” IN THE COURTROOM NEVER HELP

September 20, 2020 · by · in Advocacy, Conduct

There is one passage in the judgment in Município De Mariana & Ors v BHP Group Plc & Anor [2020] EWHC 2471 (TCC) that I had to read twice. It is something that emphasises the need to remember that the judge…

SEEK PERMISSION TO APPEAL PROMPTLY (AND TELL THE JUDGE ABOUT IT): "A close analysis of the parties' cases thus reveals a fractal pattern of progressively complex and ever-finer recursive detail of sharply declining significance."

SEEK PERMISSION TO APPEAL PROMPTLY (AND TELL THE JUDGE ABOUT IT): “A close analysis of the parties’ cases thus reveals a fractal pattern of progressively complex and ever-finer recursive detail of sharply declining significance.”

September 20, 2020 · by · in Appeals, Applications, Civil Procedure, Conduct

The judgment of Mr Justice Turner in  Município De Mariana & Ors v BHP Group Plc & Anor [2020] EWHC 2471 (TCC) discloses an unusual turn of events in relation to an appeal. It contains some important observations about the…