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FATAL ACCIDENT: LEGAL COSTS OF ATTENDING INQUEST WERE RECOVERABLE: THE DANGERS TO DEFENDANTS OF MAKING AN EQUIVOCAL "ADMISSION"

FATAL ACCIDENT: LEGAL COSTS OF ATTENDING INQUEST WERE RECOVERABLE: THE DANGERS TO DEFENDANTS OF MAKING AN EQUIVOCAL “ADMISSION”

September 25, 2020 · by gexall · in Appeals, Costs, Fatal Accidents, Members Content

In the judgment today in Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service v Veevers [2020] EWHC 2550 (Comm) HHJ Pearce upheld a decision that the legal costs incurred in attending an inquest were recoverable as costs in a subsequent action for…

CIVIL LITIGATION BRIEF 25 YEARS AGO:  A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

CIVIL LITIGATION BRIEF 25 YEARS AGO: A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

September 25, 2020 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Members Content, Striking out

Nobody knew what a “blog” was 25 years ago. However at that time Civil Litigation Brief  did exist, it was a monthly column in the Solicitors Journal.  It is interesting to see how much (or how little) matters have moved…

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