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14/12/2017
The Ministry of Justice has published the county court statistics for the 3rd quarter of 2017. They reveal a significant increase in the number of specified and unspecified money claims being issued over the last 12 months (13% and 10% respectively).
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12/12/2017
The decision of the Court of Appeal in Budana v. The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 1980 will be of enormous importance to many firms undertaking personal injury claims for Claimants.
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04/12/2017
In a recent Case Management Conference (Freeborn v. Marcal [2017] EWHC 3046 (TC)), Mr Justice Coulson was required to decide whether or not a sanction had been imposed, before considering the Defendant’s application for relief from that sanction.
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24/11/2017
A decision of Mr Justice Nugee to make a costs management order during the course of the “HBOS Shareholder” litigation, Sharp & others v. Lloyds Banking Group & Others [2017] EWHC 141, has recently been published.
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17/11/2017
The Annual Bond Solon Expert Witness Survey reveals that 76% of medical expert witnesses are not prepared to accept instructions from litigants in person
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10/11/2017
HMCTS have announced that the Bristol Civil Justice Centre will re-open on Tuesday 14 November 2017.
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03/11/2017
The Court of Appeal has ruled that despite there being no reference to ‘fundamental dishonesty’ in a defence or during cross examination at trial, this is no bar to the Court still making a finding of fundamental dishonesty.
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03/11/2017
Continued confusion in Lambeth Further to our update of 6 October 2017, there has continued to be considerable confusion in relation to possession claims in Lambeth.
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26/10/2017
Luke Berry, advocate on the Southwestern Circuit, considers the Judgement of Mr Justice Foskett in the case of Partridge v Rakesh Gupta [2017] EWHC 2110 (QB)
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