A CASE SUMMARY SHOULD BE IMPARTIAL NOT AN EXTENSION OF A SKELETON ARGUMENT

A CASE SUMMARY SHOULD BE IMPARTIAL NOT AN EXTENSION OF A SKELETON ARGUMENT

October 1, 2021 · by · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content

In Beg v Beg & Ors [2021] EWHC 2598 (Ch) HHJ Cooke made some important points about the need for a case summary to be impartial. “A case summary, whether or not an agreed document, is intended to summarise the…

ASSESSING BILLS OF COSTS: GIVE DETAILS OF THE SIGNATORY AND OF THE FEE EARNERS OR YOUR BILL WILL STRUCK OUT: "AN OUNCE OF OPENNESS IS CHEAPER THAN ANY ARGUMENT"

ASSESSING BILLS OF COSTS: GIVE DETAILS OF THE SIGNATORY AND OF THE FEE EARNERS OR YOUR BILL WILL STRUCK OUT: “AN OUNCE OF OPENNESS IS CHEAPER THAN ANY ARGUMENT”

October 1, 2021 · by · in Appeals, Assessment of Costs, Costs, Members Content

I am grateful to solicitor Benjamin T Petrecz  for drawing my decision to the judgment in  Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust v AKC [2021] EWHC 2607 (QB) Mrs Justice Steyn (sitting with an assessor Master Brown) allowed…