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JUDGES REFUSES TO GRANT RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS FOR DEFENDANTS WHO HAD "BURIED THEIR HEADS IN THE SAND"

JUDGES REFUSES TO GRANT RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS FOR DEFENDANTS WHO HAD “BURIED THEIR HEADS IN THE SAND”

January 13, 2022 · by gexall · in Disclosure, Members Content, Relief from sanctions

In Vitrition UK Ltd v Caine & Ors [2022] EWHC 51 (Comm) HHJ Davis-White QC, sitting as a judge of the High Court, refused the defendants application for relief from sanctions following their failure to comply with an unless order…

AVOIDING PROCEDURAL PITFALLS IN PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION: WEBINAR 20th JANUARY 2022

AVOIDING PROCEDURAL PITFALLS IN PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION: WEBINAR 20th JANUARY 2022

January 13, 2022 · by gexall · in Avoiding negligence claims, Members Content, Relief from sanctions, Service of the claim form, Webinar

There are a number of cases  reported today in relation to service of the claim form and relief from sanctions. This may be an appropriate time to remind people of the webinar on the 20th January 2020 “Avoiding Procedural Pitfalls…

SERVICE WITHOUT A SMILE: CLAIMANTS COME TO GRIEF IN THE COURT OF APPEAL: SENDING AN UNSEALED CLAIM FORM IS NOT GOOD SERVICE, THE CLAIMANTS COULD NOT RELY ON CPR 3.10

SERVICE WITHOUT A SMILE: CLAIMANTS COME TO GRIEF IN THE COURT OF APPEAL: SENDING AN UNSEALED CLAIM FORM IS NOT GOOD SERVICE, THE CLAIMANTS COULD NOT RELY ON CPR 3.10

January 13, 2022 · by gexall · in Appeals, Members Content, Service of the claim form

The first (but probably not the last) case on service of the claim form arrives in January, with the Court of Appeal decision in  Ideal Shopping Direct Ltd & Ors v Mastercard Incorporated & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 14.  It…

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