SUMMARY JUDGMENT GRANTED TO DEFENDANT: DAMAGES WERE "DE MINIMIS": THE LAW WILL NOT SUPPLY A REMEDY WHEN NO HARM HAS CREDIBLY BEEN SHOWN

SUMMARY JUDGMENT GRANTED TO DEFENDANT: DAMAGES WERE “DE MINIMIS”: THE LAW WILL NOT SUPPLY A REMEDY WHEN NO HARM HAS CREDIBLY BEEN SHOWN

October 20, 2021 · by · in Damages, Members Content, Summary judgment

In  Rolfe & Ors v Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP [2021] EWHC 2809 (QB) Master MCCloud granted the defendant summary judgment in an action for breach of data. “There is no credible case that distress or damage over a de minimis…

A SUMMARY ASSESSMENT OF COSTS: HOW IT WORKS IN PRACTICE: THERE IS NO POINT ARGUING ISSUES OF PROPORTIONALITY WHEN INDEMNITY COSTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED

A SUMMARY ASSESSMENT OF COSTS: HOW IT WORKS IN PRACTICE: THERE IS NO POINT ARGUING ISSUES OF PROPORTIONALITY WHEN INDEMNITY COSTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED

October 20, 2021 · by · in Assessment of Costs, Costs, Members Content

Whenever I report on an assessment of costs, for reasons that can only be guessed at, that post is always widely read.    The judgment of HHJ Davis-White QC in Goodwin v Avison & Ors [2021] EWHC 2754 (Ch) involves…