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COST BITES 213: HOW DOES THE COURT APPROACH ASSESSMENT WHEN COSTS ARE DEDUCTED FROM THE CLIENT'S DAMAGES

COST BITES 213: HOW DOES THE COURT APPROACH ASSESSMENT WHEN COSTS ARE DEDUCTED FROM THE CLIENT’S DAMAGES

January 28, 2025 · by gexall · in Applications, Assessment of Costs, Costs, Members Content, Personal Injury, Webinar

We are returning, for the final post (for the time being at least) to the judgment of Cost Judge Rowley in  Perrett v Wolferstans LLP [2025] EWHC 68 (SCCO).  The judge considered the question of how the costs should be…

INSURER FAILS IN COMMITTAL PROCEEDINGS AFTER A COURT HAD EARLIER MADE FINDINGS OF FUNDAMENTAL DISHONESTY TO THE CRIMINAL STANDARD: MANY TROUBLING THINGS HERE

INSURER FAILS IN COMMITTAL PROCEEDINGS AFTER A COURT HAD EARLIER MADE FINDINGS OF FUNDAMENTAL DISHONESTY TO THE CRIMINAL STANDARD: MANY TROUBLING THINGS HERE

January 28, 2025 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Committal proceedings, Conduct, Fundamental Dishonesty, Members Content, Personal Injury

In Aviva Insurance Ltd v Nadeem & Anor [2024] EWHC 3445 (KB) HHJ Tindal (sitting as  Judge of the High Court) dismissed an action for committal against someone who had been found to be fundamentally dishonest at a personal injury…

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