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WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU IN LAW SCHOOL: A REPRISE : EARLY MORNING STARTS AND LEGAL CHEEK STARTED A SERIES

January 13, 2023 · by gexall · in Members Content, Useful links, Well being

Back in the dim and distant days of 2017 I wrote a series “What they don’t teach you at law school”.  The series also got a lot of input from other lawyers.  This seems a good time to reprise the…

COMMENTING ON A DRAFT JUDGMENT - WHEN THE JUDGE HAS ASKED YOU TO: THE CIRCULATION OF A DRAFT JUDGMENT IS NOT THE END OF THE BEGINNING OF THE LITIGATION BUT THE BEGINNING OF THE END

COMMENTING ON A DRAFT JUDGMENT – WHEN THE JUDGE HAS ASKED YOU TO: THE CIRCULATION OF A DRAFT JUDGMENT IS NOT THE END OF THE BEGINNING OF THE LITIGATION BUT THE BEGINNING OF THE END

January 13, 2023 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil evidence, Conditional Fee Agreements, Members Content, Uncategorized

There have been several cases over the years where judges have commented on the practice of parties attempting to rewrite draft judgments. In Energy Works (Hull) Ltd v MW High Tech Projects UK Ltd & Ors [2022] EWHC 3275 (TCC)…

COST BITES 46: NON PARTY COSTS ORDER MADE AGAINST DIRECTOR OF INSOLVENT COMPANY

COST BITES 46: NON PARTY COSTS ORDER MADE AGAINST DIRECTOR OF INSOLVENT COMPANY

January 13, 2023 · by gexall · in Applications, Costs, Members Content

In  Asprey Capital Ltd v Rediresi Ltd & Anor (Re Non-Party Costs Order) [2023] EWHC 28 (Comm) Patricia Robertson KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) made a non-party costs order against a director of the defendant company. THE…

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