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DEDUCTION OF LEGAL FEES FROM THE CLIENT’S DAMAGES: SOLICITORS SUCCESSFUL ON APPEAL

June 11, 2021 · by gexall · in Appeals, Costs, Members Content, Personal Injury

The decision of Mr Justice Lavender in SGI Legal LLP v Karatysz [2021] EWHC 1608 (QB) is part of the long, and continuing, battle relating to the deduction of legal fees by solicitors from claimant’s damages.  In this case the…

LOSS OF EARNINGS CLAIM: WEBINAR 18th JUNE 2021

LOSS OF EARNINGS CLAIM: WEBINAR 18th JUNE 2021

June 11, 2021 · by gexall · in Damages, Members Content, Personal Injury, Webinar

On the 18th June 2021 I am presenting a webinar on loss of earnings claims. The material includes a client questionnaire in relation to loss of earnings and income. Booking details are available here.     TOPICS COVERED BY THE…

AWARDS FOR PAIN AND SUFFERING: NO GREATER AMOUNT IF YOU ARE RICH: A BLAST FROM THE PAST (64 YEARS TO BE PRECISE)

AWARDS FOR PAIN AND SUFFERING: NO GREATER AMOUNT IF YOU ARE RICH: A BLAST FROM THE PAST (64 YEARS TO BE PRECISE)

June 11, 2021 · by gexall · in Damages, Members Content, Personal Injury

Often this blog covers judgments on the day they were made.  Today, however, we are going back 64 years to 1957 looking at the case of Dunhill -v- Lumby reported on the 1st February 1957 in the Times.   WHY THIS…

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