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THE SANCTITY OF THE EMBARGOED JUDGMENT: THE COURT OF APPEAL HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE ...

THE SANCTITY OF THE EMBARGOED JUDGMENT: THE COURT OF APPEAL HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE …

February 16, 2022 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Members Content

In The Counsel General for Wales, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [2022] EWCA Civ 181 the Master of the Rolls identified two previous cases where breach of embargoed judgments had…

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EMBARGOED JUDGMENT: COURT OF APPEAL LAYS DOWN THE LAW: PROCEEDINGS FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT WILL FOLLOW BREACHES

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EMBARGOED JUDGMENT: COURT OF APPEAL LAYS DOWN THE LAW: PROCEEDINGS FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT WILL FOLLOW BREACHES

February 16, 2022 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Members Content

In The Counsel General for Wales, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [2022] EWCA Civ 181 the Master of the Rolls set out a clear and unambiguous warning in relation…

WHEN WECHAT MESSAGES ARE LOST OR DESTROYED - BY A TWO YEAR OLD: THE ADVERSE INFERENCES A COURT CAN DRAW

WHEN WECHAT MESSAGES ARE LOST OR DESTROYED – BY A TWO YEAR OLD: THE ADVERSE INFERENCES A COURT CAN DRAW

February 16, 2022 · by gexall · in Conduct, Disclosure, Members Content

In ED & F Man Capital Markets Ltd v Come Harvest Holdings Ltd & Ors [2022] EWHC 229 (Comm) Mr Justice Calver considered a case where Wechat messages had been “lost”. The judge concluded that the “loss” was deliberate and…

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