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DEALING WITH THE COUNTER-SCHEDULE AND COUNTER-ARGUMENTS IN RELATION TO DAMAGES: WEBINAR 16th JULY 2021

DEALING WITH THE COUNTER-SCHEDULE AND COUNTER-ARGUMENTS IN RELATION TO DAMAGES: WEBINAR 16th JULY 2021

July 8, 2021 · by gexall · in Courses, Damages, Members Content, Personal Injury, Webinar

This webinar looks at the legal principles and arguments that can be used to reduce claims for personal injury damages.  It is being held on the 16th July 2021 (and available as an on-demand recording to the 16th January 2022). …

ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, FIXED COSTS, A DECEASED CLAIMANT AND THE COURT OF APPEAL

ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, FIXED COSTS, A DECEASED CLAIMANT AND THE COURT OF APPEAL

July 8, 2021 · by gexall · in Appeals, Costs, Fixed Costs, Members Content

In the judgment today in West v Burton [2021] EWCA Civ 1005 the Court of Appeal held that a case pursued by the estate of a deceased person was not subject to the fixed costs provisions of Section III of…

"CARE MUST BE TAKEN IN ASSESSING A WITNESS WHO IS REPLYING TO QUESTIONS ASKED THROUGH AN INTERPRETER":  SOME PROBLEMS EXEMPLIFIED

“CARE MUST BE TAKEN IN ASSESSING A WITNESS WHO IS REPLYING TO QUESTIONS ASKED THROUGH AN INTERPRETER”: SOME PROBLEMS EXEMPLIFIED

July 8, 2021 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Members Content, Witness statements

Some of the difficulties a court has when considering witness evidence through a translator are set out in the judgment of Deputy Judge Agnello QC in Jackson v Song [2021] EWHC 1636 (Ch).   “I have considered the evidence of…

BREXIT, APPLICATIONS AND THE LEGAL LABYRINTH: A CASE TO POINT

BREXIT, APPLICATIONS AND THE LEGAL LABYRINTH: A CASE TO POINT

July 8, 2021 · by gexall · in Applications, Brexit, Civil Procedure, Members Content

The legal problems caused by Brexit raised their head in the judgment of Master Clark in Shanavazi, Re [2021] EWHC 1832 (Ch).   “It will be apparent from this judgment that a relatively simple practical problem has given rise to…

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