A MORE UNUSUAL “CLAIM FORM” ISSUE: CLAIMANT’S EARLIER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO ISSUE WERE NOT EFFECTIVE AND ACTION WAS STATUTE BARRED: COURT OF APPEAL DECISION TODAY
In Guo v Kinder & Others [2024] EWCA Civ 762 the Court of Appeal rejected an argument that the claimant’s earlier, unsuccessful, attempts to issue a claim form meant that the later claim form could be backdated. The action was,…
POSTMASTERS’ RIGHT TO RECOVER DAMAGES UNDER THE GLO COMPENSATION SCHEME DID NOT VEST IN TRUSTEES IN BANKRUPTCY
Normally when this blog looks at issues relating to insolvency it relates to procedural or other practical problems arising when a party is made insolvent. The judgment of HHJ Cawson KC in Secretary of State for Business and Trade v…
COST BITES 159: DEDUCTING COSTS FROM THE CLIENT’S DAMAGES: THE GOLDEN RULE – THAT THE CLIENT SHOULD BE KEPT INFORMED
We are looking again at the judgment in St. James v Wilkin Chapman LLP [2024] EWHC 1716 (KB). The judge considered the question of whether the client had been informed that the budget had been exceeded and that the solicitors…
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