MAZUR MATTERS 53: JUDGE REFUSES TO GRANT A SPECIFIC OR GENERAL EXEMPTION TO AN EXPERIENCED LEGAL EXECUTIVE
One of the issues that has followed the Mazur decision arises from the fact that the statute gives the court a power to grant an exemption. Here the judge considered whether the power to grant an exemption should be granted…
SERVICE POINTS 29: WOULD THE COURT STRIKE OUT THE ACTION WHEN THE CLAIMANT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH A r. 7.7 NOTICE?
It is unusual to see cases about the operation of CPR 7.7. This rule allows a defendant to serve a notice requiring that a claim form be served. In this case the claimant did not comply and the defendant applied…
A PART 36 OFFER CANNOT BE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE PLEADINGS: NOR CAN THE OFFEROR ARGUE THAT IT WAS NOT, IN FACT, A PART 36 OFFER AT ALL
Here we have a case where the defendant argued that a second action against it by a claimant was an abuse of process because an earlier action had settled by way of the claimant accepting a Part 36 offer. The…
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