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"HYPERBOLIC COMMENT" NOT WELCOME IN LITIGATION: HIGH COURT JUDGE SENDS OUT A WARNING: PLANE LANGUAGE IS BEST...

“HYPERBOLIC COMMENT” NOT WELCOME IN LITIGATION: HIGH COURT JUDGE SENDS OUT A WARNING: PLANE LANGUAGE IS BEST…

January 19, 2023 · by gexall · in Advocacy, Civil evidence, Members Content, Witness statements, Written advocacy

In Peregrine Aviation Bravo Ltd & Ors v Laudamotion GmbH & Anor [2023] EWHC 48 (Comm) Mr Justice Henshaw was critical of “hyperbolic comment” in relation to the witness evidence.  This is not the first time that a judge has…

EVERYONE ELSE IN THE TRAIN CARRIAGE CAN HEAR YOU KNOW: THE DANGERS OF WORKING (AND TALKING) ON THE TRAIN

EVERYONE ELSE IN THE TRAIN CARRIAGE CAN HEAR YOU KNOW: THE DANGERS OF WORKING (AND TALKING) ON THE TRAIN

January 19, 2023 · by gexall · in Conduct, Members Content

Twice in the past two days lawyers have tweeted experiences of people sitting in a train carriage and openly discussing ongoing cases. “What offers are we going to make”, on both occasions.  One tweeter observed that he knew the subject…

COST BITES 49: A LAWYER WHO ACTS FOR HIMSELF HAS ... A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING PAID: SOLICITOR DEFENDANT CONFINED TO LITIGANT IN PERSON RATES

COST BITES 49: A LAWYER WHO ACTS FOR HIMSELF HAS … A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING PAID: SOLICITOR DEFENDANT CONFINED TO LITIGANT IN PERSON RATES

January 19, 2023 · by gexall · in Costs, Members Content

In Patel -v- Karmakar (12th January 2023) District Judge Lumb, sitting as a Regional Costs Judge, decided that a solicitor acting for himself in litigation could only recover the litigant in person rate.  A copy of the judgment is available…

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