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AMENDED PLEADING FILED LATE: RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS REFUSED: THE NEED TO PLEAD THE CASE PROPERLY

April 29, 2015 · by gexall · in Applications, Bundles, Civil Procedure, Relief from sanctions, Statements of Case

In Cockell -v- Holton (No 2) [2015] EWHC 1117 (TCC) the defendant made a mistake in typing an e mail address so that an amended Defence and Counterclaim was served late. The application for relief from sanctions was refused.  The…

LEEDS LAW SOCIETY MEET THE JUDGES EVENT: JACKSON ONE YEAR (AND A FEW MONTHS) ON

LEEDS LAW SOCIETY MEET THE JUDGES EVENT: JACKSON ONE YEAR (AND A FEW MONTHS) ON

June 18, 2014 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil Procedure, Costs, Costs budgeting, Relief from sanctions, Risks of litigation, Striking out, Uncategorized

Yesterday evening Leeds Law Society held a “meet the judges” evening when practitioners met local judges and court staff to discuss issues arising out of the implementation of the Jackson reforms.   Some of the issues were specific to Leeds but most…

PROVING SOMETHING HAS BEEN POSTED: SWEAR IT TO BE TRUE

June 5, 2014 · by gexall · in Applications, Avoiding negligence claims, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Costs, Costs budgeting, Serving documents

I initially read the Court of Appeal decision of Price -v- Price [2014[ EWCA] Civ with interest because it showed that the old CPR 3.9 still applied in family proceedings.  However Jon Williams pointed out that the case has an…

SKELETON ARGUMENTS: IF YOU DON'T DO THEM PROPERLY YOU WON'T GET PAID!

May 11, 2014 · by gexall · in Appeals, Costs, Written advocacy

The judicial review/planning law case of Secretary of State for Local Government -v-  Hopkins Development Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 470 contains some interesting observations of general interest to civil litigators. THE SKELETON ARGUMENTS Jackson L.J. prefaced his judgment with observations…

HOW TO COMPLAIN ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THE COURT SERVICE: A MODEL LETTER

February 27, 2014 · by gexall · in Applications, Civil Procedure, Costs

Following the blog posts  about troubles with the court about issue and secret letters which appear to govern how proceedings can be issued came the following comment from Dominic Cooper of I E Legal. “It surprises me that any of…

LODGING TRIAL BUNDLES ON TIME: THE COURT WILL NOT GIVE A RECEIPT

January 22, 2014 · by gexall · in Applications, Avoiding negligence claims, Risks of litigation

I received an e-mail today from Kerry Kirkbride of Active Legal Ltd in Birmingham. It follows an earlier post in relation to the need to lodge the trial bundle at time. I have permission from Kerry to re-print it in…

THE DANGERS OF GETTING THE COURT FEES WRONG: IF THE FEES ARE NOT RIGHT – YOU HAVEN'T ISSUED

October 21, 2013 · by gexall · in Avoiding negligence claims, Civil Procedure, Limitation

If proceedings are being issued at the last moment then it is imperative that the correct fee is lodged at court. A failure to send the correct fee will mean that proceedings are not properly issued.  This post looks at…

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