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DEALING WITH THE COUNTER-SCHEDULE AND THE DEFENDANT'S ARGUMENTS IN RELATION TO DAMAGES: WEBINAR 7th MAY 2025

DEALING WITH THE COUNTER-SCHEDULE AND THE DEFENDANT’S ARGUMENTS IN RELATION TO DAMAGES: WEBINAR 7th MAY 2025

April 29, 2025 · by gexall · in Avoiding negligence claims, Civil evidence, Clinical Negligence, Damages, Members Content, Personal Injury, Webinar

Much of the task of the claimant lawyer concentrates on the task of building up the claim for damages to ensure proper compensation. However it is essential that the lawyer if fully aware of the arguments, case law and principles…

COST BITES 233: VARDY -v- ROONEY: SOME EXTRA TIME ON THE COSTS ISSUES: CLAIMANT'S CONDUCT DID NOT CROSS THE LINE -NO REDUCTION OF COSTS OF APPEAL

COST BITES 233: VARDY -v- ROONEY: SOME EXTRA TIME ON THE COSTS ISSUES: CLAIMANT’S CONDUCT DID NOT CROSS THE LINE -NO REDUCTION OF COSTS OF APPEAL

April 29, 2025 · by gexall · in Appeals, Conduct, Costs, Members Content, Summary assessment,

In Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney [2025] EWHC 1027 (KB) Mr Justice Cavanagh made some further costs rulings following the dismissal of the defendant’s appeal on issues relating to costs.  Firstly he rejected the defendant’s arguments that the claimant’s costs should be…

DEFENDANT GRANTED AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE A DEFENCE : "I AM IN NO DOUBT THAT I SHOULD GRANT THE RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION OF OF ONE DAY..."

DEFENDANT GRANTED AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE A DEFENCE : “I AM IN NO DOUBT THAT I SHOULD GRANT THE RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION OF OF ONE DAY…”

April 29, 2025 · by gexall · in Applications, Extensions of time, Members Content, Relief from sanctions

In Ahmad v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2025] EWHC 936 (Pat) Mr Justice Mellor granted the defendant an extension of one day to file a defence, this had the effect of making the defendant’s applications to strike…

RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS AFTER BREACHING A PEREMPTORY ORDER AND FAILING TO PLEAD A CASE PROPERLY: CLAIMANT ALLOWED TO CONTINUE (IN PART)

RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS AFTER BREACHING A PEREMPTORY ORDER AND FAILING TO PLEAD A CASE PROPERLY: CLAIMANT ALLOWED TO CONTINUE (IN PART)

April 29, 2025 · by gexall · in Applications, Avoiding negligence claims, Members Content, Relief from sanctions, Statements of Case

We are looking again at the judgment in  Michele Carrington v American International Group UK Limited [2025] EWHC 1010 (TCC).  This time in relation to the issue of relief from sanctions.  The claimant had failed to comply with a peremptory order  to…

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