CHILDREN AND FATAL ACCIDENT LITIGATION 2026: WEBINAR 30th JUNE 2026
Fatal accident claims involving children present unique and sensitive legal challenges for practitioners. This webinar examines claims brought on behalf of children as well as claims arising from the death of a child, highlighting the procedural, evidential, and dependency issues…
COST BITES 406: CAN A PARTY RECOVER UNNECESSARY COSTS AS DAMAGES? THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN UNNECESSARY SECOND ACTION CONSIDERED IN THE HIGH COURT
This is a judgment that considers the difficult issue of whether a claimant, who has been put to unnecessary costs of pursuing to separate actions because of the defendant’s conduct, can claim the unnecessary elements of costs back as damages. …
THE WEBINAR ON THE SRA GUIDANCE ON EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION: WHAT LITIGATION FIRMS NEED TO KNOW: TOGETHER WITH LOTS OF CHECKLISTS AND TEMPLATESNOW AVAILABLE “ON DEMAND”
For those who could not make the live broadcast yesterday the webinar is available “on demand”. Viewers also receive copies of a series of checklists and guides to compliance. Including A general Supervision Checklist The Litigation Supervisor Checklist The Supervised…
COST BITES 405: SHOULD A SUCCESSFUL CLAIMANT’S CONDUCT LEAD TO A DEDUCTION OF 45% OF THEIR COSTS? A TOOTH DECISION…
This is a case where the judge had to consider whether a successful claimants costs should be reduced because of conduct. The judge found that there were grounds to criticise the claimant’s conduct of the action. However this could not…
SHOULD THE COURT ALLOW A “NEWLY APPOINTED” EMPLOYEE TO REPRESENT A LIMITED COMPANY AT A HEARING?
CPR 39.6 permits a company to be represented by an employee where the employee is authorised by the company and the court gives permission. We have here a case where the proposed representative only became an employee part-way through the…
THROWBACK FRIDAY: THIRTEEN YEARS OF BLOGGING (JUNE 2013): THE TEENAGE YEARS ARE STARTING…
Today we look at the posts from June 2013, that is the month that Civil Litigation Brief first started as a blog (24th June 2013). Prior to that it had been a monthly (and when the Civil Procedure Rules were…
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