COST BITES 51: CASE FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THE FAST TRACK NOT SMALL CLAIMS TRACK: DECISION UPHELD ON APPEAL

COST BITES 51: CASE FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THE FAST TRACK NOT SMALL CLAIMS TRACK: DECISION UPHELD ON APPEAL

January 25, 2023 · by · in Appeals, Case Management, Costs, Members Content

In Wilkins v Serco Ltd [2023] EWHC 61 (KB) Mrs Justice Heather Williams rejected the defendant’s appeal in relation to allocation of a case for false imprisonment. She upheld a finding that the case would have been allocated to the…

CHANGING TRACK AFTER TRIAL: CLAIM RE-ALLOCATED FROM FAST TRACK TO SMALL CLAIMS TRACK: CLAIMANT CONFINED TO SMALL CLAIM TRACK COSTS

CHANGING TRACK AFTER TRIAL: CLAIM RE-ALLOCATED FROM FAST TRACK TO SMALL CLAIMS TRACK: CLAIMANT CONFINED TO SMALL CLAIM TRACK COSTS

August 22, 2018 · by · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Damages, Members Content

I am grateful to Michael Cordeux from Plexus Law for sending me a copy of the decision of His Honour JudgePearce, sitting in the Manchester County Court, on the 9th April 2018.  It is an example of how a case…

ROUTE OF APPEAL FOR AN UNALLOCATED CASE: LIE -v- MOHILE

November 16, 2014 · by · in Appeals, Applications, Civil Procedure, Members Content

In Lie -v- Mohile [2014] EWHC 3709 (Ch) Mr Justice David Richards considered an argument that an appeal in an action that had not been allocated should be appealed to the Court of Appeal. THE ACTION This was a partnership…