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DAMAGES FOR PAIN AND SUFFERING: WEBINAR 11th JANUARY: PART OF THE DAMAGES SERIES 2024

DAMAGES FOR PAIN AND SUFFERING: WEBINAR 11th JANUARY: PART OF THE DAMAGES SERIES 2024

January 2, 2024 · by gexall · in Clinical Negligence, Damages, Members Content, Personal Injury, Webinar

On the 11th January 2024 I am presenting a webinar on Damages for pain and suffering.  This is a  part of a series of webinars looking at the basic elements of major heads of damages for personal injury, with a…

COST BITES 130: WHAT COSTS ARE RECOVERABLE WHEN A CLIENT SACKS A SOLICITOR WORKING UNDER A CFA? STICK OR TWIST

COST BITES 130: WHAT COSTS ARE RECOVERABLE WHEN A CLIENT SACKS A SOLICITOR WORKING UNDER A CFA? STICK OR TWIST

January 2, 2024 · by gexall · in Assessment of Costs, Conditional Fee Agreements, Costs, Members Content

The judgment of Senior Costs Judge Gordon-Saker  in Sellers v Simpkins [2023] EWHC 3296 (SCCO)  considers the issue of what costs a client is due to pay when they have terminated the retainer with a solicitor acting under a CFA….

MR BATES AND THE POST OFFICE: LOOKING BACK TO THE CASE OF THE YEAR 2019

MR BATES AND THE POST OFFICE: LOOKING BACK TO THE CASE OF THE YEAR 2019

January 2, 2024 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Conduct, Expert evidence, Experts, Members Content

Yesterday I noticed that a post I had written in 2019 was suddenly gaining a lot of readers.  I suspect that this was due to the power of television.  Not that the blog was being advertised, but that the series…

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