WHY IS THIS SOLICITOR GIVING EVIDENCE? NOT REALLY A QUESTION YOU WANT A JUDGE TO ASK: PARTICULARLY WHEN THE ANSWER IS “I DON’T KNOW” BUT “I WAS PAID TO DO SO”

An earlier post looked at a case where the court struck out large parts of a witness statement of a solicitor who was proposing to give evidence at trial.  Here we look at what happened to the remaining parts of…

MEMBER NEWS: THE BACK CATALOGUE 3: THE COST BITES SERIES  - 258 POSTS SO FAR AND NO SIGN OF STOPPING...

MEMBER NEWS: THE BACK CATALOGUE 3: THE COST BITES SERIES – 258 POSTS SO FAR AND NO SIGN OF STOPPING…

We can wager a bet (for charity of course) that 99.9% of litigators and 100% of litigants who read a judgment think – who paid the costs? The aim of this series, started in July 2022, was to enable practitioners…