DEFENDANT'S APPLICATION TO VACATE TRIAL DATE, AND FOR A FOUR YEAR STAY, REFUSED: JUSTICE IS ACHIEVED BY THE TRIAL DATE BEING MET

DEFENDANT’S APPLICATION TO VACATE TRIAL DATE, AND FOR A FOUR YEAR STAY, REFUSED: JUSTICE IS ACHIEVED BY THE TRIAL DATE BEING MET

In Benford (A Child) v East And North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (Rev1) [2022] EWHC 3263 (KB) Mr Justice Ritchie refused the defendant’s application for an adjournment of a trial date. The defendant argued that medical uncertainty meant that it was…

PROVING THINGS 244 (& COST BITES 39): WHY COSTS LAWYERS HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT PROVING THINGS

We are returning to the decision on Mr Justice Cavanagh in Shepherd & Co Solicitors v Brealey [2022] EWHC 3229 (KB) to consider another aspect of the rules relating to costs.  The solicitors were seeking to persuade the court to…