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GUIDELINE HOURLY RATES (NOT MUCH USE); CANARY WHARF (EXPENSIVE PLACE TO BE); EVIDENCE AND THE SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM (ALL FOR £750 AN HOUR)

GUIDELINE HOURLY RATES (NOT MUCH USE); CANARY WHARF (EXPENSIVE PLACE TO BE); EVIDENCE AND THE SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM (ALL FOR £750 AN HOUR)

October 8, 2020 · by gexall · in Assessment of Costs, Costs, Members Content

I am grateful to Tom Jenkinson from Bolt Burdon Kemp for sending me a copy of the decision of Master Rowley in Shulman -v- Kolomoisky (24/06/20) where the issue of the guideline hourly rates was determined.  A copy of the…

THE NEW COMMITTAL PROCEDURE: DOES NOT AFFECT THE COURT'S SENTENCING POWERS: DEFENDANT SENT TO PRISON

THE NEW COMMITTAL PROCEDURE: DOES NOT AFFECT THE COURT’S SENTENCING POWERS: DEFENDANT SENT TO PRISON

October 8, 2020 · by gexall · in Committal proceedings, Members Content

Oliver v Shaikh [2020] EWHC 2658 (QB) may be the first time the new rules as to committal proceedings have been mentioned in a judgment.  However the purpose was to make it clear that the new rules do not make…

A FURTHER TEN PIECES OF ADVICE FOR THE YOUNG, AND NOT SO YOUNG, LAWYER: AVOIDING THAT "SPECIAL RING IN HELL"

A FURTHER TEN PIECES OF ADVICE FOR THE YOUNG, AND NOT SO YOUNG, LAWYER: AVOIDING THAT “SPECIAL RING IN HELL”

October 8, 2020 · by gexall · in Advocacy, Avoiding negligence claims, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Useful links

Continuing with the  review of those series on this site which  collate the guidance that judges have given to lawyers.  In series three we looked at everything from going to hell; brevity (the absence of which leads you rapidly towards…

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