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A CLAIM FORM WAS NEVER SERVED PROPERLY AND THE ACTION WAS STRUCK OUT: A TRULY EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FAILED SERVICE ON A FOREIGN DEFENDANT

A CLAIM FORM WAS NEVER SERVED PROPERLY AND THE ACTION WAS STRUCK OUT: A TRULY EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FAILED SERVICE ON A FOREIGN DEFENDANT

May 30, 2024 · by gexall · in Applications, Avoiding negligence claims, Members Content, Service of the claim form, Serving documents

I am grateful to barrister Feliks Kwiatkowski for sending me a copy of the judgment  today of District Judge Lumb in Perisi -v- Secret Surgery Ltd & Dr Ahmed Eslaftawy, a copy of that judgment is available here  Perisi v…

COST BITES 154: SOLICITOR'S COSTS AND ESTIMATES: A CASE THAT EVERY PRIVATE CLIENT AND EVERY LITIGATOR SHOULD READ

COST BITES 154: SOLICITOR’S COSTS AND ESTIMATES: A CASE THAT EVERY PRIVATE CLIENT AND EVERY LITIGATOR SHOULD READ

May 30, 2024 · by gexall · in Assessment of Costs, Costs, Members Content

If ever there was a graphic warning of the way that costs can escalate beyond estimates it can be found in the judgment of Costs Judge Leonard in Griffin v Kleyman & Co Solicitors Ltd *[2024] EWHC 1151 (SCCO).  The judge rejected…

"AN UNWIELDLY COLLECTION OF COURT DOCUMENTS":  A JUDGMENT THAT ENDS THE "BUNDLE DROUGHT"

“AN UNWIELDLY COLLECTION OF COURT DOCUMENTS”: A JUDGMENT THAT ENDS THE “BUNDLE DROUGHT”

May 30, 2024 · by gexall · in Applications, Bundles, Civil Procedure, Members Content

It has been six months since this blog featured a complaint about trial bundles. That barren period is ended by some observations of Costs Judge Leonard in Griffin v Kleyman & Co Solicitors Ltd *[2024] EWHC 1151 (SCCO).  The bundle…

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