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WITNESS STATEMENTS SERVED LATE: THE COURT GRANTED RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS - BUT...  : BE WARY OF MISSING THINGS WHEN OTHER THINGS ARE GOING ON...

WITNESS STATEMENTS SERVED LATE: THE COURT GRANTED RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS – BUT… : BE WARY OF MISSING THINGS WHEN OTHER THINGS ARE GOING ON…

April 23, 2026 · by gexall · in Avoiding negligence claims, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Relief from sanctions, Witness statements

Here we have a case where both parties failed to comply with a direction to file witness statements by a certain date.  The court granted relief from sanctions, and it is easy to see why. However it is case that…

COST (MEGA) BITES 378: WHO WOULD SPEND £15,751,483 PLUS VAT TO RECOVER DAMAGES OF £16.91? (WELCOME TO THE SURREAL WORLD OF "COLLECTIVE PROCEEDINGS": THE CAT ARE CONCERNED THAT LITIGATION IS BEING BROUGHT FOR THE LAWYERS & FUNDERS RATHER THAN CONSUMERS

COST (MEGA) BITES 378: WHO WOULD SPEND £15,751,483 PLUS VAT TO RECOVER DAMAGES OF £16.91? (WELCOME TO THE SURREAL WORLD OF “COLLECTIVE PROCEEDINGS”: THE CAT ARE CONCERNED THAT LITIGATION IS BEING BROUGHT FOR THE LAWYERS & FUNDERS RATHER THAN CONSUMERS

April 23, 2026 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil Procedure, Costs, Members Content, Proportionality

There are many who have doubts, often profound doubts, about the utility of class actions where each of the recipients will recover minute sums.  Those doubters will have their views compounded by the judgment in this case.  The likely damages…

COMMERCIAL LITIGATORS ON THE NAUGHTY STEP 2: NON-COMPLIANCE WITH PD57AC: "HE KNOWS NOT OF WHAT HE SPEAKS"

COMMERCIAL LITIGATORS ON THE NAUGHTY STEP 2: NON-COMPLIANCE WITH PD57AC: “HE KNOWS NOT OF WHAT HE SPEAKS”

April 23, 2026 · by gexall · in Applications, Avoiding negligence claims, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Witness statements

Over the next week there will be a short series dealing with errors and omissions relating to witness statements and PD57AC.  What is surprising is how much material there is. These rules are five years old this month, yet we…

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