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YET ANOTHER CASE ON BREACH OF JUDGMENT EMBARGO: SENDING OUT "EMBARGOED" PRESS RELEASE IS A CONTEMPT OF COURT

YET ANOTHER CASE ON BREACH OF JUDGMENT EMBARGO: SENDING OUT “EMBARGOED” PRESS RELEASE IS A CONTEMPT OF COURT

May 4, 2022 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Members Content

We have another case of a party breaching an embargo on a draft judgment in the decision of Nicholas Caddick Q.C (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) in  Match Group LLC & Anor v Muzmatch Ltd & Ors [2022]…

JUDICIAL REVIEW CLAIM SHOULD BE HEARD IN LEEDS: THE USE OF LONDON LAWYERS DOES NOT DRIVE THE CHOICE OF VENUE

JUDICIAL REVIEW CLAIM SHOULD BE HEARD IN LEEDS: THE USE OF LONDON LAWYERS DOES NOT DRIVE THE CHOICE OF VENUE

May 4, 2022 · by gexall · in Applications, Case Management, Civil Procedure, Members Content

In Khyam, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2022] EWHC 993 (Admin) Mr Justice Fordham was fairly robust in ordering that a judicial review hearing should take place in Leeds.  This was the area with…

LITIGATION BY STEALTH WILL NOT DO: COURT OF APPEAL OVERTURNS ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT PERMISSION TO AMEND: CARDS SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE AND FACE UP

LITIGATION BY STEALTH WILL NOT DO: COURT OF APPEAL OVERTURNS ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT PERMISSION TO AMEND: CARDS SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE AND FACE UP

May 4, 2022 · by gexall · in Amendment, Appeals, Civil Procedure, Members Content

The judgment of the Court of Appeal in ABP Technology Ltd v Voyetra Turtle Beach Inc & Anor [2022] EWCA Civ 594 concerns a technical issue in relation to trade marks. However it also demonstrates a very powerful principle in…

COURT REFUSED TO SET ASIDE A DEFAULT JUDGMENT ON COSTS: DENTON PRINCIPLES ARE VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN SUCH AN APPLICATION

May 4, 2022 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Relief from sanctions, Setting aside judgment

In  Ince Gordon Dadds LLP v Mellitah Oil & Gas BV [2022] EWHC 997 (Ch) Mr Hugh Sims QC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, refused the defendant’s application to set aside a default judgment obtained for solicitor’s costs. …

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