ASSESSMENTS UNDER THE SOLICITORS ACT: INTERIM BILLS, VALID BILLS AND “SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES”: A DECISION ON APPEAL
The decision of HHJ Gosnell (sitting as a High Court Judge) in Richard Slade And Company Plc v Erlam [2022] EWHC 325 (QB) relates to the assessment of solicitor and own client bills. However the appeal also gave rise to…
YOU CAN’T QUIT – YOU’RE FIRED: JUDGE DISMISSES CLAIM RATHER THAN ALLOW CLAIMANTS TO DISCONTINUE
In Vale SA v Steinmetz & Ors [2022] EWHC 343 (Comm) Mr Justice Andrew Baker decided an unusual issue. Rather than allow claimants to discontinue the action he dismissed it. THE CASE The parties were part way through a trial,…
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