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CLAIMANT FOUND TO BE FUNDAMENTALLY DISHONEST WHEN GIVING EVIDENCE ABOUT A BICYCLE

CLAIMANT FOUND TO BE FUNDAMENTALLY DISHONEST WHEN GIVING EVIDENCE ABOUT A BICYCLE

July 21, 2022 · by gexall · in Appeals, Damages, Fundamental Dishonesty, Members Content

My attention has recently been drawn to the judgment of HHJ Ralton in Darnley -v- Cornish 2021 WL 04760420.  The judge, on appeal, overturned a finding that a claimant, who had misled the court as to ownership of a bicycle…

COST BITES 8: CENTRAL LONDON HOURLY RATES: THE RATE DEPENDS ON THE LITIGATION NOT THE LITIGATOR

COST BITES 8: CENTRAL LONDON HOURLY RATES: THE RATE DEPENDS ON THE LITIGATION NOT THE LITIGATOR

July 21, 2022 · by gexall · in Applications, Assessment of Costs, Costs, Members Content, Summary assessment,

In Brake & Anor v Guy & Ors [2022] EWHC 1911 (Ch) HHJ Paul Matthews (sitting as a High Court Judge).  Considered the appropriate hourly rate to be applied on an application. Although costs were being assessed on an indemnity…

COURT OF APPEAL REJECTS INGENIOUS ARGUMENT THAT PERMISSION GROUNDS SHOULD BE RE-OPENED - AFTER THE APPEAL

COURT OF APPEAL REJECTS INGENIOUS ARGUMENT THAT PERMISSION GROUNDS SHOULD BE RE-OPENED – AFTER THE APPEAL

July 21, 2022 · by gexall · in Appeals, Applications, Members Content

I have written more about applications for permission to appeal in the past few weeks than in the previous nine years.   The Court of Appeal judgment in  Ingenious Games LLP & Ors v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs…

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