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APPLICATIONS FOR ANONYMITY ORDERS IN CIVIL CASES INVOLVING CHILDREN: COURT OF APPEAL ADJOURNS HEARING - BUT WHERE ARE WE NOW?

APPLICATIONS FOR ANONYMITY ORDERS IN CIVIL CASES INVOLVING CHILDREN: COURT OF APPEAL ADJOURNS HEARING – BUT WHERE ARE WE NOW?

February 25, 2025 · by gexall · in Adjournments, Appeals, Applications, Members Content

In PMC (a child) v A Local Health Board [2025] EWCA Civ 176 the Court of Appeal adjourned a hearing relating to anonymity orders in civil cases involving children, pending a Supreme Court decision.  Some important guidance was given as…

AVOIDING PROBLEMS WITH EXPERT WITNESSES: WEBINAR 6th MARCH 2025: DEALS WITH SOME "INTERESTING" ISSUES: EXPERTS BEHAVING BADLY

AVOIDING PROBLEMS WITH EXPERT WITNESSES: WEBINAR 6th MARCH 2025: DEALS WITH SOME “INTERESTING” ISSUES: EXPERTS BEHAVING BADLY

February 25, 2025 · by gexall · in Avoiding negligence claims, Civil evidence, Credibility of experts, Expert evidence, Experts, Members Content, Webinar

This webinar deals, among other things, with three cases where solicitors have been struck off the Roll because of their conduct with expert witnesses. In one of those cases the solicitor also went to prison. The Court of Appeal held…

SENSIBLE STEPS TO TAKE WHEN THERE IS NO TRANSCRIPT OF A HEARING AVAILABLE

SENSIBLE STEPS TO TAKE WHEN THERE IS NO TRANSCRIPT OF A HEARING AVAILABLE

February 25, 2025 · by gexall · in Appeals, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content

A very short passage in the judgment of  Mr Justice Fancourt in Odhavji v Tighe & Ors [2025] EWHC 372 (Ch) sets out the steps a prudent party should take when a transcript (and sometimes a judgment) cannot be obtained. …

PROVING THINGS 255: CLAIMANT FAILS TO PROVE IT HAS SUFFERED ANY LOSS AT ALL:  THERE WAS NO GRIST TO THIS MILL

PROVING THINGS 255: CLAIMANT FAILS TO PROVE IT HAS SUFFERED ANY LOSS AT ALL: THERE WAS NO GRIST TO THIS MILL

February 25, 2025 · by gexall · in Case Management, Civil evidence, Damages, Members Content

In Trident House Development Limited v Mohammed Yousaf [2025] EWHC 344 (Ch)  HHJ Klein (sitting as a High Court Judge) found that a claimant had failed to establish it had suffered any loss at all in its claim for damages against the…

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