MEDICAL AGENCY COSTS NOT RECOVERABLE IN FIXED COSTS REGIME: REPORT OF A DECISION
I am grateful to Simon Fisher of DWF for sending me a copy of the decision of Deputy District Judge Akers in Powles -v- Hemmings, a decision on the 23rd April 2021, a copy of which is available here Powles…
APPLICATIONS BY EMAIL: JUDGES SHOULD BE ALERT AND THE PROCESS PROCEDURALLY FAIR: COURT OF APPEAL DECISION
There are some case where the parties attempt to litigate by correspondence, particularly correspondence with the court. Letters and emails proliferate, with no real structure. The rules of evidence, and the difference between “facts”, “arguments” and “submissions” are usually entirely…
CLAIMANTS RECOVER NO COSTS AT ALL WHEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WERE “DIRECTLY UNTRUE”: ALSO LIABLE FOR INDEMNITY COSTS FOR A PERIOD
This blog has looked twice at the judgment of Mr Justice Fraser in Beattie Passive Norse Ltd & Anor v Canham Consulting Ltd [2021] EWHC 1116 (TCC). There is now a sequel. In Beattie Passive Norse Ltd & Anor v Canham Consulting…
GUIDANCE AS TO BUNDLES FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT: THE PDF PAGE SHOULD MATCH THE BUNDLE PAGE (SOMETHING THAT SEEMS TO BE QUITE RARE IN PRACTICE)
The Practice Direction on Administrative Court Bundle Guidance is available here. One thing it notes (and this appears to be a widespread issue for many e-bundles) is the need for the index to be counted in the page numbering. In…


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