Court Update
30/09/2016
The County Court at Tunbridge Wells is closing.
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30/09/2016
Unconscionable Bargains, Overreaching and the Effect for Lenders
23/09/2016
Helen Marley, advocate on the Southwestern Circuit, considers the Court of Appeal’s recent judgment in Mortgage Express v Lambert [2016] EWCA Civ 555
Read moreFurther Guidance on McKenzie Friends
16/09/2016
In his recent judgment in Leigh Ravenscroft v. Canal and River Trust [2016] EWHC 2282 (Ch), Chief Master Marsh considered whether an individual should be entitled to act as McKenzie Friend for the Claimant and if so, whether the McKenzie Friend should then be granted permission to conduct litigation and act as their advocate.
Read moreCourt Closures
09/09/2016
The County Court at Rotherham officially closed on the 2nd September 2016, with its work being transferred to Sheffield.
Read moreClaimant Estopped from Relying on QOCS Protection
02/09/2016
In HHJ Lopez’s recently published judgment in Raymond Prince v. Egbert H Taylor & Company Limited (2016), he considered whether a Claimant should be estopped from asserting that Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting rules (QOCS) applied to his claim because his solicitors had wrongly represented to the Defendants that a pre-commencement funding arrangement was in place.
Read moreCourt Changes in South Wales
26/08/2016
The County Court hearing centres in Bridgend and Neath and Port Talbot have now closed.
Read moreHarsh But Fair?
22/08/2016
Bence Leb, advocate on the Southeastern Circuit, provides a report of the recent decision in Jamadar v Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust EWCA [2016] Civ 21 July 2016
Read moreFundamental Dishonesty Goes to the Root
12/08/2016
In his recent judgment in Meadows v La Tasca (2016), His Honour Judge Hodge QC has given guidance on how the Court should approach making findings of “fundamental dishonesty”.
Read moreCase Report
05/08/2016
Gareth-Lee Smith, advocate on the Midlands Circuit, provides an over view of the High Court’s decision in Stephen Paul Grant & Anthony Malcolm Cork v Ronald Charles Henry Baker [2016] EWHC 1782 (Ch)
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