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CASE STRUCK OUT BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SERVE PARTICULARS OF CLAIM IN TIME: SECOND REMINDER TODAY THAT LITIGATION CAN SOMETIMES BE HARSH AND BRUTAL

CASE STRUCK OUT BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SERVE PARTICULARS OF CLAIM IN TIME: SECOND REMINDER TODAY THAT LITIGATION CAN SOMETIMES BE HARSH AND BRUTAL

June 21, 2021 · by gexall · in Avoiding negligence claims, Case Management, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Relief from sanctions, Serving documents

In  M/S Unique Part Trading LLC & Anor v Regal Lodge Road Ltd [2020] EWHC 3871 (Ch) Mr Justice Miles upheld an order striking out an action because the Particulars of Claim were served late.  It is a reminder of…

"THE SOMETIMES HARSH, EVEN BRUTAL, DEFAULT CONSEQUENCES OF 36.17 MUST BE APPLIED IN THE PRESENT CASE": RECOVER £10 IN DAMAGES AND STILL GET COSTS ON THE INDEMNITY BASIS

“THE SOMETIMES HARSH, EVEN BRUTAL, DEFAULT CONSEQUENCES OF 36.17 MUST BE APPLIED IN THE PRESENT CASE”: RECOVER £10 IN DAMAGES AND STILL GET COSTS ON THE INDEMNITY BASIS

June 21, 2021 · by gexall · in Appeals, Costs, Members Content, Part 36

In Shah & Anor v Shah & Anor [2021] EWHC 1668 (QB) Mrs Justice Collins Rice upheld the decision of the trial judge that the defendants should bear the normal Part 36 consequences when the claimants had made a Part…

"THERE COMES A POINT WHEN APOLOGIES ARE NOT ENOUGH": LATE APPLICATIONS IN THE COURT OF PROTECTION

“THERE COMES A POINT WHEN APOLOGIES ARE NOT ENOUGH”: LATE APPLICATIONS IN THE COURT OF PROTECTION

June 21, 2021 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content

In University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v Miss K [2021] EWCOP 40 Mrs Justice Lieven observed that applications, made very late in the day, by hospital trusts, cause considerable disruption. (The blunt reality here, however, is that…

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