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FATAL ACCIDENTS: DAY LONG (ONLINE) COURSE ON LAW, PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: 12TH NOVEMBER 2021

October 12, 2021 · by gexall · in Damages, Fatal Accidents, Members Content, Webinar

Alongside solicitor Hilary Wetherell I am presenting a day long course: Fatal Accidents: Law, Practice, Procedure and Compassion 2021.  It is an online course on the 12th November 2021.  Booking details are available here. THE COURSE This one day virtual course will take…

THE DANGEROUS USE OF PRECEDENTS 2: CIVIL LAWYERS - THE PROBLEMS OCCUR HERE TOO

THE DANGEROUS USE OF PRECEDENTS 2: CIVIL LAWYERS – THE PROBLEMS OCCUR HERE TOO

October 12, 2021 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Members Content, Witness statements

The previous post on the use of “precedents” in divorce petitions could lead civil lawyers to think that “this couldn’t happen here”.  There are numerous examples in civil cases of witness statements being drafted to a plan.   PRECEDENT WITNESS…

THE DANGEROUS USE OF "PRECEDENTS": WHEN 28 DIVORCE PETITIONS MAKE IDENTICAL ALLEGATIONS THEN SOMETHING IS NOT QUITE RIGHT..

THE DANGEROUS USE OF “PRECEDENTS”: WHEN 28 DIVORCE PETITIONS MAKE IDENTICAL ALLEGATIONS THEN SOMETHING IS NOT QUITE RIGHT..

October 12, 2021 · by gexall · in Abuse of Process, Applications, Members Content

The judgment of Mr Justice Moor in Yorston & Ors, Re (Matrimonial Causes Act 1973: Improper Petitions) [2021] EWFC 80 makes interesting reading.  The judge was considering a referral from a court which found that 28 divorce petitions, based on…

AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE: DRAFT JUDGMENTS ARE SACROSANCT: ALLEGATIONS OF DISCLOSURE, AND OF "JUDGE'S OFFICE" LEAKING LIKE A SIEVE WERE TOTALLY MISFOUNDED

AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE: DRAFT JUDGMENTS ARE SACROSANCT: ALLEGATIONS OF DISCLOSURE, AND OF “JUDGE’S OFFICE” LEAKING LIKE A SIEVE WERE TOTALLY MISFOUNDED

October 12, 2021 · by gexall · in Abuse of Process, Applications, Members Content

The judgment in Optis Cellular Technology Inc & Anor v Apple Retail UK Ltd & Ors [2021] EWHC 2694 (Pat) is one of the most extraordinary I have read. It concerns the important principle that draft judgments sent out by…

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