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PROVING THINGS 240: PROVING THE "EELES" CRITERIA ON AN APPLICATION FOR AN INTERIM PAYMENT: GAPS IN THE EVIDENCE PREVENT A FINAL DETERMINATION BEING MADE

PROVING THINGS 240: PROVING THE “EELES” CRITERIA ON AN APPLICATION FOR AN INTERIM PAYMENT: GAPS IN THE EVIDENCE PREVENT A FINAL DETERMINATION BEING MADE

August 13, 2024 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Interim Payments, Members Content, Personal Injury

In XS1 (A Child) v West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust [2024] EWHC 1865 (KB) Master Stevens adjourned a claimant’s application for a substantial interim payment.  The primary ground for this was that there was insufficient evidence before the court to…

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August 13, 2024 · by gexall · in Members Content, Well being

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