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The importance of serving Notice of Funding

NEVILLE SPRINGER (PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF WAYNE ANTHONY SPRINGER, DECEASED) v UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST [2018] EWCA Civ 436 15/03/2018 Do not forget to serve Notice of Funding as soon as possible.  Rely at your peril on the words “in any event either within 7 days of entering

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Apolog

(1) SHAKIR ALI (2) SHAHIDA ASLAM v CHANNEL 5 BROADCAST LTD (2018) [2018] EWHC 840 (Ch) Ch D (Arnold J) 19/04/2018 CIVIL PROCEDURE – COSTS – TORTS APOLOGIES : COSTS : COSTS BUDGETS : ESTOPPEL : MISUSE OF PRIVATE INFORMATION : PART 36 OFFERS : STATEMENTS IN OPEN COURT :

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Pride comes before a Costs Order

(1) SHAKIR ALI (2) SHAHIDA ASLAM v CHANNEL 5 BROADCAST LTD [2018] EWHC 840 Ch D (Arnold J) 19/04/2018 The Claimants, in this misuse of private information case, had been successful, but had failed to beat a Part 36 offer (which in turn had failed to include/provide an apology).   The lack

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Don’t delay in getting your expert evidence sorted

OBI v PATEL & ANOR (2018) QBD (Judge Cotter QC) 08/10/2018 Permission to rely on expert evidence in a PI quantum trial arising out of a road traffic accident was refused where the defendant had delayed, for tactical reasons, notifying the claimant of his intention to use expert evidence, and the

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Discontinuance and costs in practice

FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY v (1) DA VINCI INVEST LTD (2) DA VINCI INVEST PTE LTD (3) MINEWORLD LTD (4) SZABOLCS BANYA (5) GYORGY SZABOLCS BRAD (6) TAMAS PORNYE (7) BIVONAS LAW LLP, Ch D (Nugee J) 10/12/2018 The Financial Conduct Authority proposed to discontinue claim against defendant law firm and declined

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Preservation of trial of trial date avoids sanction

ROBERTS v FRESSE & ANOR QBD, 18/12/2018 A case where relief from sanction was granted to Defendants to a PI claim despite their failure to file expert reports in time or to provide medical evidence supporting their explanation that the failure had been caused by the conducting solicitor’s mental ill health –

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Costs of strike out application summarily assessed

(1) LIFESTYLE EQUITIES CV (2) LIFESTYLE LICENSING BV v ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE POLO CLUB LTD & 10 ORS [2019] EWHC 2413 (Ch) Ch D (Pat Treacy) 19/09/2019 The court refused to strike out parts of a defence and counterclaim served by the 4th and 5th Defendants in a trade mark

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MEDICO-LEGAL EXPERTISE LIST

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