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BUNDLES: THE VIEW FROM THE BENCH: "DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT IS CENTRAL TO WHAT WE DO"

BUNDLES: THE VIEW FROM THE BENCH: “DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT IS CENTRAL TO WHAT WE DO”

December 13, 2024 · by gexall · in Bundles, Civil Procedure, Members Content

As (possibly) the last post on bundles this year I am inviting you all to read an extract from Mr Justice Fordham’s speech to the Hart Judicial Review Conference.  The full text of the speech is available here and it…

SOLICITOR AND OWN CLIENT COSTS: KEEPING THE CLIENT INFORMED: AN ASSESSESSMENT WHERE THE AMOUNTS IN QUESTION WERE NOT APPROVED BY THE CLIENT

SOLICITOR AND OWN CLIENT COSTS: KEEPING THE CLIENT INFORMED: AN ASSESSESSMENT WHERE THE AMOUNTS IN QUESTION WERE NOT APPROVED BY THE CLIENT

December 13, 2024 · by gexall · in Assessment of Costs, Costs, Members Content

The judgment of Costs Judge Nagalingam in  Underhill v Thackray Williams Solicitors [2024] EWHC 3206 (SCCO) could well serve as an object lesson in the need for a solicitor to keep their client informed of developments in costs and to…

68 YEARS AND STILL ROLLING OFF THE PRESS:  THE 15TH EDITION OF MUNKMAN (& EXALL) ON DAMAGES:A LOOK AT THE PAST EDITIONS  AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN

68 YEARS AND STILL ROLLING OFF THE PRESS: THE 15TH EDITION OF MUNKMAN (& EXALL) ON DAMAGES:A LOOK AT THE PAST EDITIONS AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN

December 13, 2024 · by gexall · in Clinical Negligence, Damages, Members Content, Personal Injury, Useful links

The latest edition of what, used to be called, Munkman on Damages is now hot off the press.  This is the 15th edition, the first being written in 1956.  Now called Munkman and Exall on Damages for Personal Injury and…

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