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BUNDLES AGAIN: JUDGES WASTING THEIR BREATH: "HOW MANY YEARS - DECADES - HAVE TO PASS BEFORE THOSE WHO KNOW BETTER AND WHO... ARE BEING HANDSOMELY REMUNERATED COMPLY WITH THEIR OBLIGATIONS?"

BUNDLES AGAIN: JUDGES WASTING THEIR BREATH: “HOW MANY YEARS – DECADES – HAVE TO PASS BEFORE THOSE WHO KNOW BETTER AND WHO… ARE BEING HANDSOMELY REMUNERATED COMPLY WITH THEIR OBLIGATIONS?”

April 14, 2021 · by gexall · in Bundles, Case Management, Conduct, Costs, Members Content

Another post that adds to the dozens, if not hundreds, of cases about bundles.  The trial bundles were the subject of considerable criticism by Sir James Munby in  C (A Child) [2021] EWFC 32. “I forebear from further judicial exhortation…

APPLYING TO VARY A COSTS BUDGET: RULES AND PROCEDURE: WEBINAR 19th MAY 2021

APPLYING TO VARY A COSTS BUDGET: RULES AND PROCEDURE: WEBINAR 19th MAY 2021

April 14, 2021 · by gexall · in Assessment of Costs, Costs, Costs budgeting, Members Content, Webinar

On the 19th  May 2021 I am presenting a webinar on applying to vary a costs budget.  Booking details are available here.  WHAT THE WEBINAR COVERS Making sure that the budget is, and remains, correct is an important part of…

SIR HARRY OGNALL: A TRIBUTE: SOMEONE PROUD TO BE DESCRIBED AS A "GORILLA FROM THE NORTH"

SIR HARRY OGNALL: A TRIBUTE: SOMEONE PROUD TO BE DESCRIBED AS A “GORILLA FROM THE NORTH”

April 14, 2021 · by gexall · in Advocacy, Members Content

The death was announced today of Sir Harry Ognall.  In January 2018 I reviewed his book A Life of Crime” .  This is an appropriate time to pay tribute by reminding  people what a remarkable book this is, written by a…

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