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SERVICE POINTS 25:  DOES AN  EARLIER ORDER FOR SUBSTITUTED SERVICE BY EMAIL INCLUDE SERVICE OF AN APPLICATION TO COMMIT: SHOULD THE COURT  RETROSPECTIVELY AUTHORISED SERVICE?.

SERVICE POINTS 25: DOES AN EARLIER ORDER FOR SUBSTITUTED SERVICE BY EMAIL INCLUDE SERVICE OF AN APPLICATION TO COMMIT: SHOULD THE COURT RETROSPECTIVELY AUTHORISED SERVICE?.

December 1, 2025 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Committal proceedings, Members Content, Serving documents

Here we consider an argument as to whether an application to commit for contempt was validly served. The respondent argued that the application needed to be served in person. The applicant’s argument was that there was in place an order…

CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE CORNER 5: ANOTHER CASE OF "WHAT WAS SAID?" AND "WHY WASN'T THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN THE MEDICAL NOTES?"

CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE CORNER 5: ANOTHER CASE OF “WHAT WAS SAID?” AND “WHY WASN’T THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN THE MEDICAL NOTES?”

December 1, 2025 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Clinical Negligence, Disclosure, Members Content, Witness statements

Here we have a clinical negligence case with a familiar issue. The trial depended on whose account the judge accepted of what was said in a particular medical consultation several years earlier.  The treating doctor can, in reality, remember little…

WHEN AN APPLICATION IS OVER - CAN A PARTY MAKE FURTHER WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS? THE ISSUES CONSIDERED

WHEN AN APPLICATION IS OVER – CAN A PARTY MAKE FURTHER WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS? THE ISSUES CONSIDERED

December 1, 2025 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Written advocacy

We have seen many cases on this blog where litigants have attempted to use draft judgments to “reopen” the judge’s conclusions. Here we have a warning about attempts to make further written submissions after the hearing has been concluded. (Once…

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