May 11, 2020 | News
In January of this year the Court of Appeal grappled again with the vexed question of how to resolve the various, sometimes competing, costs regimes that now exist in the Civil Procedure Rules. Blair v. Wickes Building Supplies Ltd (No. 2) [2020] EWCA Civ 17...
May 6, 2020 | News
4 Court of Appeal Cases 29-30 April 2020 that Criminal Practitioners Should Read 2 of them involving the Vice-President of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division),Fulford LJ; 2 of them with Burnett LCJ; 2 of them on 29th April, 2 on 30th April; 3 of them about...
May 6, 2020 | News
Case Comment – Re Amos – The Forfeiture Rule and Causing Death by Careless Driving In Re Amos [2020] EWHC 1063 (Ch) HHJ Jarman QC helpfully filled a lacuna in the authorities concerning the application of the forfeiture rule to cases of causing death by careless...
May 5, 2020 | News
Case Note: Brian Lenord v First Manchester Limited [2020] EWHC 982 (QB) (24 April 2020) Introduction: The recent judgment of Mr Justice Freedman in Brian Lenord v First Manchester Limited provides further clarification on the circumstances in which an appeal court can...
May 4, 2020 | News
Mr Joshua Purser dissects the law and procedure surrounding the bringing of an action against a proposed Defendant who has deceased. He explores the difficulties that arise from an absence of a Grant of Representation and how these obstacles are navigated by the...
Apr 30, 2020 | News
Inheritance Act Claims and Standstill Agreements – Where Are We Now? Last year Mr Justice Mostyn’s recommendation in Cowan v Foreman [2019] EWCA Civ 1336 that the practice of parties entering into standstill agreements in Inheritance Act claims be brought “to an...
