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SERVICE POINTS 21: VERY STRICT REQUIREMENTS APPLY IF YOU WANT TO AGREE AN EXTENSION OF TIME: THEY HAVE TO BE IN WRITING AND THEY HAVE TO BE TOTALLY CLEAR AS TO DATES...

SERVICE POINTS 21: VERY STRICT REQUIREMENTS APPLY IF YOU WANT TO AGREE AN EXTENSION OF TIME: THEY HAVE TO BE IN WRITING AND THEY HAVE TO BE TOTALLY CLEAR AS TO DATES…

November 17, 2025 · by gexall · in Applications, Avoiding negligence claims, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Extensions of time, Members Content

We are looking at the same case again here, but from a slightly different angle. This relates to written agreements to vary court orders.  Firstly the agreements have to be in writing; secondly they have to be totally clear as…

THE SOLICITOR AND THE STING OPERATION (3): THE AGENCY THAT CARRIED OUT A STING OPERATION ON A (RETIRED) JUDGE, AMONG OTHERS...

THE SOLICITOR AND THE STING OPERATION (3): THE AGENCY THAT CARRIED OUT A STING OPERATION ON A (RETIRED) JUDGE, AMONG OTHERS…

November 17, 2025 · by gexall · in Applications, Avoiding negligence claims, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Conduct

If you think that the account of enquiry agents carrying out a sting operation on the other side’s solicitor is remarkable then sit down for a while. That judgment also reveals that (in wholly unrelated proceedings) the agency in question…

THE SOLICITOR AND THE STING OPERATION (2): WHY THE JUDGE DID NOT ACCEPT THAT THE CLAIMANTS WERE UNAWARE OF THE STRATEGY BEING USED

THE SOLICITOR AND THE STING OPERATION (2): WHY THE JUDGE DID NOT ACCEPT THAT THE CLAIMANTS WERE UNAWARE OF THE STRATEGY BEING USED

November 17, 2025 · by gexall · in Abuse of Process, Applications, Avoiding negligence claims, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Conduct, Costs, Members Content

We are returning again to the case where the claimants arranged the taping of meetings with the defendants’ solicitors.  The judge was sceptical of the claimants’ assertions that they were not fully aware of the methods being used. (This case…

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