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"IT WAS UNNECESSARY FOR MATTERS TO BE DEALT WITH SO EXPENSIVELY": ANOTHER COMMENT ON LACK OF FOCUS IN THE COMMERCIAL COURT

“IT WAS UNNECESSARY FOR MATTERS TO BE DEALT WITH SO EXPENSIVELY”: ANOTHER COMMENT ON LACK OF FOCUS IN THE COMMERCIAL COURT

May 13, 2022 · by gexall · in Applications, Conduct, Members Content

For the second time today I am writing about judicial comments on profligacy in the Commercial Court.  This time Mr Justice Andrew Baker in Invest Bank PSC v El-Husseini & Ors [2022] EWHC 894 (Comm).   “Even in the context…

WHY A SHORT WITNESS STATEMENT CAN BE MORE COSTLY THAN A LONG ONE? CONDUCT, COSTS, PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT: AN (UNSUCCESSFUL) APPLICATION TO AMEND THAT COULD COST £1 MILLION

WHY A SHORT WITNESS STATEMENT CAN BE MORE COSTLY THAN A LONG ONE? CONDUCT, COSTS, PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT: AN (UNSUCCESSFUL) APPLICATION TO AMEND THAT COULD COST £1 MILLION

May 13, 2022 · by gexall · in Amendment, Applications, Conduct, Costs, Members Content

In PJSC National Bank Trust & Anor v Mints & Ors [2022] EWHC 1132 (Comm)  Mr Justice Foxton considered issues relating to payment of costs after the claimants had been unsuccessful in an application to amend the Particulars of Claim. …

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