BANK’S CLAIM AGAINST SOLICITORS FOR “CAUSING LOSS BY UNLAWFUL MEANS” IS NOT STRUCK OUT, NOR ARE THE SOLICITORS GRANTED SUMMARY JUDGMENT: A LOT TO THINK ABOUT HERE
We are looking at a judgment from today where a bank has brought a claim against a firm of solicitors arguing that they have caused the bank loss because of the number and nature of complaints made by the solicitors’…
IS THIS APPEAL “ACADEMIC” AND SHOULD IT BE ALLOWED TO PROCEED? COURT OF APPEAL DONS ITS THINKING CAP…
We are looking at this Court of Appeal decision for the second time. Here we look at the Court’s consideration of an argument that an appeal should not proceed because the arguments were “academic”. There are important points considered here…
URGENT MESSAGE FROM H M COURTS AND TRIBUNAL SERVICE THIS MORNING: HMCTS PLATFORM IS STOPPING USERS FROM UPLOADING DOCUMENTS: WHAT TO DO IF UPLOADING IS URGENT
For those who have missed the email from HMCTS it is important to note that the HMCTS platform is not working at the moment. The email from HMCTS below makes practical suggestions as to what should be done if uploading…
DOES THE COURT HAVE POWER TO CASE MANAGE A CASE SUBJECT THE THE LOW VALUE PRE-ACTION PROTOCOL? THE ISSUE CONSIDERED BY THE COURT OF APPEAL
The Court of Appeal considered, on the face of it, a very simple question in this case as to the courts powers proceedings issued under Part 8 in a claim within the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value RTA Claims. For…
THE CURRENT IMPORTANCE OF PLEADINGS 21: WHO PAID THE COSTS OF A PLEADINGS ISSUE AND HOW MUCH DID THEY PAY? SOME QUESTIONS WE NOW KNOW THE ANSWER TO
The reaction of many professional litigators to reading many of the cases on this site is (if truth be told) “who paid the costs” and “how much did all that cost? For that reason it is always of interest to…
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