COURT EXTENDS TIME TO BRING HUMAN RIGHTS ACT CLAIM: MINOR CLAIMANTS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR

COURT EXTENDS TIME TO BRING HUMAN RIGHTS ACT CLAIM: MINOR CLAIMANTS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR

In CJ & Ors Wiltshire Police [2022] EWHC 1661 (QB) Mr Justice Martin Spencer extended the limitation period in a claim under the Human Rights Act.  Although the claimants were ultimately unsuccessful there are important observations in relation to the…

COST BITES 2: A (PROSPECTIVE) RESPONDENT DOES NOT GET THE COSTS OF ATTENDING PERMISSION TO APPEAL HEARING

COST BITES 2: A (PROSPECTIVE) RESPONDENT DOES NOT GET THE COSTS OF ATTENDING PERMISSION TO APPEAL HEARING

In Novartis AG & Anor v Teva UK Ltd & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 775 Lord Justice Birss refused to order costs when a respondent to an appeal attended at a permission to appeal hearing. THE CASE The judge heard…

COST BITES 1: USE OF A PARTNER IN A BOUTIQUE FIRM CAN LEAD TO LOWER COSTS

COST BITES 1: USE OF A PARTNER IN A BOUTIQUE FIRM CAN LEAD TO LOWER COSTS

There are many cases in which judges make observations about costs which merit wider circulation.   This series looks at those kinds of matters.  It starts by looking at the observations of Mr Justice Foxton in Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd…

NINE YEARS ON V: 2017: THE  CLAIMANT THAT TURNED DOWN A PART 36 OFFER OF £1.5 MILLION AND GOT £2  INSTEAD: A LESSON FOR LITIGANTS WITH MOUTHS TOO WIDE

NINE YEARS ON V: 2017: THE CLAIMANT THAT TURNED DOWN A PART 36 OFFER OF £1.5 MILLION AND GOT £2 INSTEAD: A LESSON FOR LITIGANTS WITH MOUTHS TOO WIDE

Choosing one case from each year is not an easy task.  We have reached 2017 and I have selected two posts which relate to the same case.  A claimant sought damages of £15 million but failed to prove it had…