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EXPERTS GOING WRONG - AGAIN : THIS TIME IT HAS COST (SOMEONE) £225,000: THE WORK TURNS INTO DUST

EXPERTS GOING WRONG – AGAIN : THIS TIME IT HAS COST (SOMEONE) £225,000: THE WORK TURNS INTO DUST

March 10, 2022 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil evidence, Conduct, Credibility of experts, Expert evidence, Experts, Members Content

It is rare for me to write about judgments from secondary sources.  However the judgment of Senior Master Fontaine in Patricia Andrews & Ors v Kronospan Limited [2022] EWHC 479 (QB)   is noted in two reliable sources and it is a case…

INDEMNITY COSTS IN PUBLIC LAW PROCEEDINGS: FAILURE BY THE EXECUTIVE TO COMPLY WITH CONSENT ORDER TAKES THE CASE OUT OF THE NORM

INDEMNITY COSTS IN PUBLIC LAW PROCEEDINGS: FAILURE BY THE EXECUTIVE TO COMPLY WITH CONSENT ORDER TAKES THE CASE OUT OF THE NORM

March 10, 2022 · by gexall · in Conduct, Costs, Members Content

In Butt, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Indemnity costs) [2022] UKUT 69 (IAC) the Upper Tribunal found that it had power to order indemnity costs, further, on the facts of this case…

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