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MAXIMISING INTER PARTES COSTS RECOVERY IN HOUSING LAW CASES: WEBINAR 10th JANUARY 2025

MAXIMISING INTER PARTES COSTS RECOVERY IN HOUSING LAW CASES: WEBINAR 10th JANUARY 2025

January 2, 2025 · by gexall · in Assessment of Costs, Conduct, Costs, Members Content, Webinar

I am speaking about costs for housing lawyers on the 10th January 2025 in a webinar arranged by Steve Cornforth.  Booking details can be found by emailing Steve on stevecornforthconsultancy@gmail.com     THE WEBINAR This webinar looks at how housing…

SEEKING PERMISSION TO APPEAL: WHEN IS THERE AN "ADJOURNED HEARING"? THE ISSUES CONSIDERED

SEEKING PERMISSION TO APPEAL: WHEN IS THERE AN “ADJOURNED HEARING”? THE ISSUES CONSIDERED

January 2, 2025 · by gexall · in Appeals, Avoiding negligence claims, Extensions of time, Members Content

The question of when a hearing has been adjourned and when time starts running for applying to the trial judge for permission to appeal was considered by  Mr Justice Freedman in Mex Group Worldwide Limited v Stewart Owen Ford & Ors [2024]…

JUDGE OVERTURNS NON-PARTY COSTS ORDER AGAINST CLAIMS MANAGEMENT COMPANY: ANOTHER (EXPENSIVE) BATTLE IN THE "NEVER-ENDING WAR"

JUDGE OVERTURNS NON-PARTY COSTS ORDER AGAINST CLAIMS MANAGEMENT COMPANY: ANOTHER (EXPENSIVE) BATTLE IN THE “NEVER-ENDING WAR”

January 2, 2025 · by gexall · in Appeals, Applications, Costs, Members Content

I am grateful to Navid Hakimmaani, Consultant Solicitor at Collins Benson Goldhill LLP,  for sending me a copy of the judgment of HHJ Mark Gargan in Smith -v- AXA Insurance UK PlC & Spectra Drive Limited (24th December 2024), a…

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