
ACTION STRUCK OUT BECAUSE CLAIMANT FAILED TO COMPLY PROPERLY WITH AN UNLESS ORDER FOR DETAILS OF FUNDING: DECISION UPHELD ON APPEAL
Here we look at a case where the Court of Appeal upheld a decision that the claimant had failed to comply with the terms of a peremptory order. The action was, therefore, struck out. It is a salutary and important…

COST BITES 188: MAKING A PEREMPTORY ORDER FOLLOWING A FAILURE TO PAY INTERLOCUTORY COSTS: THE NEED FOR THE RESPONDENT TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE
In Ahmad v Ouajjou & Anor [2024] EWHC 2213 (Comm) HHJ Pelling KC found it was appropriate to make a peremptory order following the defendants’ failure to pay interlocutory costs orders. (This decision was considered in Ahmad v Ouajjou & Anor…

NON-COMPLIANCE WITH PEREMPTORY ORDERS: THE FULL JUDGMENT IN POWELL -v- WATFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL
I have written before about the judgment of Mr Justice Jay in Powell -v- Watford Borough Council [2017] EWHC 2283 (QB). The full transcript has now become available. It deals with an important point about the need to follow the…

COMPLYING WITH DIRECTIONS IN THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL: IT CAN BE A TAXING MATTER: PUBLIC BODIES SHOULD LIVE UP TO THE STANDARDS EXPECTED IN THE CONDUCT OF LITIGATION
The decision of the Supreme Court in BPP Holdings Ltd & Ors v Revenue and Customs [2017] UKSC 55 is interesting for a number of reasons. It is about the provision of textbooks (on law and accountancy presumably) to students….

INADEQUATE DISCLOSURE LEADS TO DEFENCE BEING STRUCK OUT – EVENTUALLY: CASE THAT WAS NOT A WALK IN THE PARK
There is a brief report on Lawtel today of the case of Powell -v- Watford Borough Council, a decision made yesterday by Mr Justice Jay (10th July 2017) in the Royal Courts of Justice . This post is based in…

PREVENTING DEFENDANT FROM DEFENDING DAMAGES IS AN APPROPRIATE MEANS OF ENFORCING PEREMPTORY ORDERS: COURT OF APPEAL DECISION
Workman -v- Forrester [2017] EWCA Civ 73 is an important example of the courts using peremptory orders in an attempt to secure compliance. The Court of Appeal upheld a decision to make a peremptory order that allowed the claimants to…
CLAIMANTS HAD COMPLIED WITH PEREMPTORY ORDER: CASE NOT STRUCK OUT
There is a brief report on Lawtel of the case of Sharma -v- Quality Redfern Solicitors (Ch D Judge Behrens 19/11/2014). The decision concerns the striking out of a claim for breach of an order and the judge finding, on…
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