AN ACTION ISSUED ON BEHALF OF AN ESTATE BY SOMEONE WITHOUT AUTHORITY AT THE TIME OF ISSUE IS "A DEAD THING INTO WHICH NO LIFE COULD BE INFUSED"

AN ACTION ISSUED ON BEHALF OF AN ESTATE BY SOMEONE WITHOUT AUTHORITY AT THE TIME OF ISSUE IS “A DEAD THING INTO WHICH NO LIFE COULD BE INFUSED”

One search term that regularly leads people to this site is “can I issue on behalf of an estate when I don’t have letters of administration”.  There are variations on this, but the central theme is always the same.   The…

COST BITES 40: NO ONE GETS THE COSTS OF AN AMENDMENT (WHICH WERE FAR TOO HIGH ANYWAY)

COST BITES 40: NO ONE GETS THE COSTS OF AN AMENDMENT (WHICH WERE FAR TOO HIGH ANYWAY)

In Walter Hugh Merricks CBE v Mastercard Incorporated and Others [2022] CAT 52 the Competition Appeal Tribunal considered the principles relating to the costs of amendments to statements of case after a contested hearing. On the facts of this case…