RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS REFUSED IN GROUP LITIGATION CASE: THE “THIRD STAGE” IN DENTON CONSIDERED IN DETAIL
In the judgment today in Kamathi -v- The Foreign & Commonwealth Office [2017] EWHC 939 (QB) Mr Justice Stewart refused an application for relief from sanctions. The Denton principles were considered in detail in the context of a late application…
THE DEAD CAN'T SUE: AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
In Kimathi & Ors -v- The Foreign & Commonwealth Office [2016] EWHC 3005 (QB) Mr Justice Stewart reviewed the principles in relation to bringing an action on behalf of a deceased party. It is an important reminder of some very…
COSTS BUDGETING, PROPORTIONALITY AND GROUP LITIGATION
In Various Claimants -v- Sir Robert McAlpine & others [2015] EWHC 3543 (QB) Mr Justice Supperstone (sitting with Master Leslie & Chief Master Gordon Saker) considered costs budgeting within a Group Litigation Order. “Recognising that this is a complex case…