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FIFTH BIRTHDAY REVIEW 6: PROPORTIONALITY: THE POSTS AND 12 PRACTICAL STEPS

FIFTH BIRTHDAY REVIEW 6: PROPORTIONALITY: THE POSTS AND 12 PRACTICAL STEPS

June 25, 2018 · by gexall · in Access to justice, Applications, Costs, Members Content, Proportionality

The series “Proportionality & Survival for Litigators” started in December 2014.  At the outset I said it could be a long-running and difficult series – it is definitely still ongoing. It remains the case that little written is on proportionality, …

THE "URGENT NEED FOR COMMERCIAL PRACTITIONERS TO BRING A SENSE OF PROPORTION" TO LITIGATION: EVIDENCE NEEDED IN WHEN ARGUING SECURITY FOR COSTS "STIFLES" AN ACTION.

April 16, 2015 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Costs, Members Content

In Kazakhstan Kagazy Plc -v- Baglan Zhunus [2015] EWHC 996 Mr Justice Walker had strong words to say, and constructive guidance to give, in relation to some aspects of commercial litigation.  The case further serves as a reminder of the…

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