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MAZUR MATTERS 1: THE PENALTIES FOR NON-QUALIFIED STAFF CONDUCTING LITIGATION (AKA "HOW MUCH TIME COULD I SERVE")

MAZUR MATTERS 1: THE PENALTIES FOR NON-QUALIFIED STAFF CONDUCTING LITIGATION (AKA “HOW MUCH TIME COULD I SERVE”)

September 29, 2025 · by gexall · in Avoiding negligence claims, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Conduct, Members Content

The webinar on Friday the 3rd October will deal with many of the major issues that arise from the the decision in Mazur & Anor v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB). However it is clear that it…

COSTS NOT REDUCED BECAUSE OF THE WAY A DEFENDANT CONDUCTED ITS CASE: THE PRAGMATIC PRUNING OF A CASE SHOULD NOT BE DETERRED

COSTS NOT REDUCED BECAUSE OF THE WAY A DEFENDANT CONDUCTED ITS CASE: THE PRAGMATIC PRUNING OF A CASE SHOULD NOT BE DETERRED

February 2, 2021 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil Procedure, Conduct, Costs, Members Content

We are returning again (and not for the last time) to the judgment of Mr Justice Turner in Municipio De Mariana & Ors v BHP Group PLC & Anor [2021] EWHC 146 (TCC). This time we are looking at  the claimants’ argument…

THE "CONDUCT OF LITIGATION" CONSIDERED: WHEN NON-AUTHORISED PERSONS ATTEMPT TO ELBOW IN ON LITIGATION

THE “CONDUCT OF LITIGATION” CONSIDERED: WHEN NON-AUTHORISED PERSONS ATTEMPT TO ELBOW IN ON LITIGATION

August 28, 2018 · by gexall · in Abuse of Process, Appeals, Applications, Civil Procedure, Members Content

We are looking for the third (and final) time at the judgment in  Kassam -v- Gill (13th August 2018, County Court at Birmingham available on Lawtel). The judge considered the meaning of “conduct of litigation” as defined by the Legal Services Act…

COSTS, CONDUCT, PART 36 AND THE "WINNING PARTY": AVB -V TDD CONSIDERED

May 26, 2014 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil Procedure, Costs, Members Content

The case of AVB -v- TDD [2014] EWHC 1442 has received a lot of publicity in the legal press and beyond, involving a relationship between a solicitor and a law student.  However the surprising aspect of the reporting is that…

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