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PROVING THINGS 200: ALL THE SERIES IN ONE PLACE: THE (VERY) EXPENSIVE COSTS OF FAILING TO THINK FULLY ABOUT EVIDENCE

PROVING THINGS 200: ALL THE SERIES IN ONE PLACE: THE (VERY) EXPENSIVE COSTS OF FAILING TO THINK FULLY ABOUT EVIDENCE

January 14, 2021 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Damages, Members Content, Witness statements

There are now 200 posts in the “Proving Things” Series.  These centre, usually, on a failure to establish matters at trial. Sometimes the failures are dramatic. In Marathon Asset Management LLP -v- Seddon [2017] EWHC 300 (Comm) i the claimants had…

CLAIMANT NOT SUCCESSFUL IN  APPLICATION THAT A WITNESS ATTEND IN PERSON AND NOT REMOTELY

CLAIMANT NOT SUCCESSFUL IN APPLICATION THAT A WITNESS ATTEND IN PERSON AND NOT REMOTELY

January 14, 2021 · by gexall · in Case Management, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Coronavirus, Members Content, Remote hearings

In Langley v GMB & Ors [2020] EWHC 3619 (QB) Mrs Justice Stacy refused a claimant’s application for an order that a defendant’s witness attend court personally.  The matter could proceed fairly with the witness attending remotely.  This judgment (given…

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