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INDEMNITY COSTS DO NOT AMOUNT TO A BLANK CHEQUE: EVEN IN LARGE CASES

INDEMNITY COSTS DO NOT AMOUNT TO A BLANK CHEQUE: EVEN IN LARGE CASES

April 27, 2021 · by gexall · in Costs, Members Content

In Louis Dreyfus Company Suisse S.A. v International Bank of St. Petersburg (Joint-Stock Company) [2021] EWHC 1039 (Comm) Mr Justice Calver reduced a claim for costs substantially, even though costs were being awarded on the indemnity basis.   “it may…

WHEN YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS UNDERMINE YOUR OWN CASE (AND IT HAPPENED TO SOLICITORS…)

April 27, 2021 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content

Legal Futures yesterday carried a report of the case of Scott -v- Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP. A case in which the respondent failed to file a response in time and an application for an extension of time was refused.  Here…

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