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DEFENDANT IN CASE WITH PROTECTED PARTY ENTITLED TO RESILE FROM "COMPROMISE": REQUIREMENT FOR COURT APPROVAL NOT A BREACH OF ECHR RIGHTS

DEFENDANT IN CASE WITH PROTECTED PARTY ENTITLED TO RESILE FROM “COMPROMISE”: REQUIREMENT FOR COURT APPROVAL NOT A BREACH OF ECHR RIGHTS

October 30, 2017 · by gexall · in Applications, Case Management, Damages, Members Content

In Revill v Damiani [2017] EWHC 2630 (QB) Mr Justice Dingemans  held that the rule that required a protected party to obtain a court order to approve a proposed settlement remained good law. It did not breach the claimant’s human rights….

CHILDREN, SUCCESS FEES AND DEDUCTIONS FROM DAMAGES : AN IMPORTANT JUDGMENT

August 14, 2015 · by gexall · in Assessment of Costs, Costs, Insurance premiums, Members Content, Success Fees, Uncategorized

The question of child claimants and deductions from damages remains a live and controversial one. The judgment on this issue of the regional costs judge,District Judge Lumb in A & B -v- The Royal Mail Group  [2015] EW Misc B24(CC)(14th…

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