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30/06/2017
Tessa Jade Plews, advocate on the Southeastern Circuit, examines the judgment of Mr Justice Turner in Gladwin -v- Bogescu [2017] EWHC 1287 (QB).
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30/06/2017
Due to damage caused by flooding the Bristol Civil Justice Centre has been closed until further notice. The building is not expected to reopen for at least 2 weeks. In the meantime all hearings are taking place in with the Bristol Magistrates Court or Bristol Crown Court. The Court can be contacted for confirmation of hearings venues on either 01179 302 442 or 0117 9302411.
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23/06/2017
Advocacy Manager Peter Blackmore notes the Queen’s speech to Parliament on 21 June 2017 included the introduction of legislation to reduce motor insurance premiums.
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19/06/2017
Advocacy Manager Pete Blackmore notes the recent decision in Gerald Byrne v. Robert Mullan [2017] EWHC 1387 (Ch)
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09/06/2017
It has been confirmed that the last day the Count Court at Woolwich will sit is Friday 30 June 2017; after this date, matters previously within its jurisdiction will be dealt with by the County Court at Bromley.
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02/06/2017
Advocacy Manager Pete Blackmore notes the recent decision in Redbourn Group Ltd v. Fair Development Ltd [2017] EWHC 1223 (TTC).
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26/05/2017
Bence Leb, advocate on the Southeastern Circuit, considers the High Court’s recent decision in Kimathi & Ors v The Foreign and Commonwealth Office [2017] EWHC 939 (QB)
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19/05/2017
In J C and A Solicitors Ltd v Andeen Iqbal & Another [2017] EWCA Civ 355 the Court of Appeal overturned a decision by District Judge Phillips in the County Court at Cardiff, where he had ruled that insurers could recover Stage 1 costs that had been paid when the protocol Claimants had subsequently failed to advance their claims in the prescribed Stage 2 manner.
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12/05/2017
In their joint judgment in Peter Dammermann v. Lanyon Bowder LLP [2017] EWCA Civ 269 , LJJ Longmore and McFarlane considered CPR Part 27.14(2)(g) and sought to give some guidance on when a litigant in a matter allocated to the Small Claims Track should be liable for costs as a result of “unreasonable behaviour”.
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