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APPEALS,  ISSUES OF FACT AND SAILING IN DIFFERENT OCEANS IN THE COURT OF APPEAL: CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE DECISION TODAY

APPEALS, ISSUES OF FACT AND SAILING IN DIFFERENT OCEANS IN THE COURT OF APPEAL: CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE DECISION TODAY

November 18, 2020 · by gexall · in Appeals, Applications, Civil evidence, Clinical Negligence, Members Content

In Hewes v West Hertfordshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 1523 the Court of Appeal reiterated the difficulties faced by an appellant attempting to argue that the judge had erred in relation to findings of the…

COURT REFUSES PARTY PERMISSION TO RELY ON WITNESS STATEMENT SERVED LATE

COURT REFUSES PARTY PERMISSION TO RELY ON WITNESS STATEMENT SERVED LATE

November 18, 2020 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Relief from sanctions, Witness statements

In RGB Plastering Ltd v TAWE Drylining and Plastering Ltd [2020] EWHC 3028 (TCC)  HHJ Jarman QC (sitting as a judge of the High Court) refused the defendant permission to rely on a witness statement that was served late. “Ms…

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