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COST BITES 51: CASE FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THE FAST TRACK NOT SMALL CLAIMS TRACK: DECISION UPHELD ON APPEAL

COST BITES 51: CASE FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THE FAST TRACK NOT SMALL CLAIMS TRACK: DECISION UPHELD ON APPEAL

January 25, 2023 · by gexall · in Appeals, Case Management, Costs, Members Content

In Wilkins v Serco Ltd [2023] EWHC 61 (KB) Mrs Justice Heather Williams rejected the defendant’s appeal in relation to allocation of a case for false imprisonment. She upheld a finding that the case would have been allocated to the…

PROVING THINGS 247: A NON-CONVICTION CANNOT IMPOSE A CIVIL DUTY OF CARE: CLAIMANT FAILS IN PERSONAL INJURY ACTION

PROVING THINGS 247: A NON-CONVICTION CANNOT IMPOSE A CIVIL DUTY OF CARE: CLAIMANT FAILS IN PERSONAL INJURY ACTION

January 25, 2023 · by gexall · in Members Content, Personal Injury

In Lewin v Gray [2023] EWHC 112 (KB) HHJ Robinson (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) decided the issue of liability against the claimant.  The case involved questions relating to the duty of care and the impact of…

COST BITES 50: USEFUL LINKS  ON COSTS FROM KINGS CHAMBERS: TAKE YOUR PICK...

COST BITES 50: USEFUL LINKS ON COSTS FROM KINGS CHAMBERS: TAKE YOUR PICK…

January 25, 2023 · by gexall · in Costs, Costs budgeting, Members Content, Useful links

There are a large number of helpful links on Kings Chambers’ Resource page.  Here I link specifically to those relating to costs.  Firstly the newsletters and articles and secondly the regular series of webinars.     NEWSLETTERS Costs Litigation Newsletter:…

COST BITES 49: ARE THE COSTS OF A MEDICAL AGENCY RECOVERABLE IN THE FIXED COSTS REGIME? DISTRICT JUDGE FINDS THAT THEY ARE

January 25, 2023 · by gexall · in Costs, Court fees, Experts, Fixed Costs, Members Content

Are the costs of a medical agency recoverable under the fixed costs regime? I am grateful to barrister John Meehan for sending me a copy of the judgment of District Judge Phillips in Wilkinson-Mulvaney -v- UK Insurance Ltd (19th January…

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