LAWYERS, MISTAKES AND EMAIL: PUSH THOSE BUTTONS AT YOUR OWN (AND SOMETIMES YOUR CLIENT’S) PERIL
There are some issues in legal practice that reoccur with surprising frequency. Yesterday a lawyer on Twitter recounted how that had accidentally been copied into an email chain that they were, most definitely, not meant to see. It is a…
CARPENTER DECISION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL: THE APPROACH TO ACCOMMODATION CLAIMS: THE AWARD OF NIL REVISED TO £801,913
A more detailed discussion of the Court of Appeal’s decision today in Swift -v- Carpenter [2020] EWCA Civ 1295 will follow. For the time being it is sufficient to note that the court overturned the trial judge’s decision to award…
A CAREFUL APPROACH IS NEEDED TO THE GATHERING OF EVIDENCE AND THE SIGNING OF WITNESS STATEMENTS: A LOCAL AUTHORITY FALLS WELL SHORT OF THE MARK
It is unusual for this blog to cover family cases, particularly decisions made some three years ago. However the judgment of HHJ Corbett in E (A Child : Care proceedings : Costs) [2017] EWFC 118 has recently been published on…
20 PIECES OF ADVICE FOR THE YOUNG LAWYER (& THE REST OF US): WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
This week I have been concentrating on advice given by judges to lawyers. We are now moving on to advice given by lawyers for lawyers. I have selected twenty from dozens (possibly hundreds) of tweets given when I asked on…
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