CHANGES TO THE HIGHWAY CODE: WHERE TO FIND THEM AND WHY THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO LAWYERS (APART FROM THE FACT THAT LAWYERS, WALK, DRIVE AND RIDE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE?)
The Highway Code is changing on the 29th January 2022. This has some relevance to lawyers. Here we look at the importance of the Highway Code, the significant changes, with links as to where to find the new rules and…
THE PROFOUND DIFFICULTIES IN REHEARING AN APPLICATION WHERE PERMISSION TO APPEAL WAS REFUSED: AN “EXCEPTIONAL JURISDICTION”: NUMEROUS BITES OF THE CHERRY NOT EASILY ALLOWED
In Dal v Bicknell & Anor [2022] EWHC 120 (Ch) Mr Justice Edwin Johnson considered the circumstances in which a party, refused permission to appeal, could seek to re-open the decision to refuse permission. The cases in which that can…
THERE IS NO RIGHT TO AN IMMEDIATE ASSESSMENT OF COSTS AFTER A SPLIT TRIAL: HOWEVER THERE IS AN (8%) STING IN THE TAIL
The judgment of Costs Judge Leonard in ABA v University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust [2022] EWHC B4 (Costs) highlights a point of costs and practice that is easily overlooked. A successful party who is awarded costs in a…
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