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PROCEDURE, DAMAGES, LIABILITY, COSTS AND LIMITATION: A SERIES OF WEBINARS THIS YEAR AIMING TO HELP AVOID OR DEAL WITH PROBLEMS IN LITIGATION

PROCEDURE, DAMAGES, LIABILITY, COSTS AND LIMITATION: A SERIES OF WEBINARS THIS YEAR AIMING TO HELP AVOID OR DEAL WITH PROBLEMS IN LITIGATION

April 18, 2024 · by gexall · in Avoiding negligence claims, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Conditional Fee Agreements, Costs, Members Content, Sanctions, Service of the claim form, Striking out, Webinar, Witness statements

The issues arising from many of the cases looked at on this blog are being considered in a series of webinars starting later this month.  The webinars cover  many of the problem areas of litigation:  what to do when things…

WHEN CAN A CLAIM FORM INCLUDE MULTIPLE PARTIES? COURT OF APPEAL REACH BACK TO THE OLD RULES TO HELP

WHEN CAN A CLAIM FORM INCLUDE MULTIPLE PARTIES? COURT OF APPEAL REACH BACK TO THE OLD RULES TO HELP

April 18, 2024 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Members Content

Yesterday I wrote about a case where a judge made strict case management orders in an attempt to deal with an action brought by multiple claimants.  The issue of multiple parties was considered today by the Court of Appeal in…

DEFENDANT GIVEN PERMISSION TO WITHDRAW FROM ADMISSION MADE IN THE PORTAL: ON CONDITION THAT INTERIM PAYMENTS WOULD NOT BE REPAID

DEFENDANT GIVEN PERMISSION TO WITHDRAW FROM ADMISSION MADE IN THE PORTAL: ON CONDITION THAT INTERIM PAYMENTS WOULD NOT BE REPAID

April 18, 2024 · by gexall · in Admissions, Applications, Members Content, Personal Injury

I am grateful to  solicitor Stratos Gatzouris from DWF law   for sending me a copy of the judgment of HHJ Catherine Brown in the case of Jerrom -v- Serco Leisure Operating Ltd (Canterbury County Court 12th February 2023). It is an…

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