Relief from sanctions granted when Claimant did not serve a “medical report” with the Particulars of Claim Dalus v Lear Corporation (Nottingham) Ltd & ATV Automative & Industrial Components (UK) Ltd In a judgment given on 2 July 2018 at Leeds County Court although the Court ruled that the Claimant, seeking damages for industrial […]
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Court of Appeal overturns costs penalty imposed on Claimant and confirmed rigidity of Part 36 agreement Tuson v Murphy [2018] EWCA Civ 1461 (22 June 2018) The Court of Appeal has overturned a decision to penalise the Claimant accused of dishonesty who had been made to pay not only the usual costs for late […]
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Drew Malone v Birmingham Community NHS Trust [2018] EWCA Civ 1376 (19 June 2018) The Court of Appeal overturned an earlier judgment in the case of Malone v Birmingham Community NHS Trust. The Judges considered the proper construction of a CFA and ruled that the CFA was not limited to the Defendant named in […]
Read MoreEx-Clients are not entitled to copies of claim files Whale v Mooney Everett Solicitors [2018] EWHC B10 (Costs) (12 June 2018) The High Court has refused a request from a former client to get a second look at his case files in order to challenge a law firm’s costs. The case is another in […]
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