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Indemnity costs: Paying for unreasonable conduct

A litigation court order for indemnity costs means the party that lost has been ordered to pay a higher costs contribution to the winner than is standard. Judges…

Post date 4 May 2020
Post author By Jaron Dosanjh
Post categories In Civil Litigation, Costs, Court of Appeal, High Court, Indemnity Costs, Litigation, Pre-action Protocol, Standard Costs, Supreme Court
Tags Assessment of Costs, Court Orders, Unreasonable conduct

The Doctrine of Legal Precedent: When is a Court decision binding?

The doctrine of precedent is one of the most important features of the law of England and Wales. It is important to understand in litigation when and if a past court decision is binding on subsequent courts. It can mean the difference between winning and losing a case.

Post date 30 April 2020
Post author By Jaron Dosanjh
Post categories In Civil Litigation, County Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, Litigation, Parliament, Professional Negligence, QBD, Remote Hearings, Supreme Court
Tags High Court, Litigation rules, Precedent

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Litigation: Can Recorded Conversations be used as evidence in Court?

Conversations can easily be recorded by everyday devices, but can those recordings be deployed in litigation before the UK courts?

Post date 14 April 2020
Post author By Jaron Dosanjh
Post categories In Advice for Employers, Civil Litigation, Confidentiality, Disclosure, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Media, News, Pre-action Protocol
Tags Admissible evidence, Confidentiality, Disclosure, Evidence, UK Litigation

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How will coronavirus (COVID-19) affect commercial contracts?

The global and unprecedented ramifications of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have exposed many businesses to legal complications and difficulties with their commercial contacts. How will coronavirus affect the…

Post date 26 March 2020
Post author By Sivakumaran Sivathillainathan
Post categories In Breach of Contract, Civil Litigation, Contractual duties, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Force Majeure, News
Tags Advice for SMEs, Breach of contract, Contracts, COVID-19, Frustration, Litigation

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Court of Appeal: Indemnity costs order for “speculative” claims are not constrained by approved costs budget

In Lejonvarn v Burgess and Burgess [2020] EWCA Civ 114, the Court of Appeal have confirmed that the High Court was wrong not to punish the claimants who pursued…

Post date 18 February 2020
Post author By Jaron Dosanjh
Post categories In Civil Litigation, Court of Appeal, Litigation, Media, News, Professional Negligence
Tags Costs Budgets, Indemnity Costs, Precedent H, Professional Negligence, RCJ

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Is an email confidential if I copy in a lawyer? Court of Appeal clarifies the scope of legal advice privilege

The Court of Appeal handed down a significant decision on 28 January 2020 in Civil Aviation Authority v R (on behalf of the application of Jet2.com Ltd) [2020]…

Post date 13 February 2020
Post author By Jaron Dosanjh
Post categories In Civil Litigation, Confidentiality, Court of Appeal, Disclosure, Judicial Review, Litigation, Media, Pre-action Protocol
Tags CAA v Jet2, Confidential communications, Emails with a Lawyer

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Professional Negligence: Supreme Court guidance on valuing the loss of litigation chance

The Supreme Court case of Perry v Raleys Solicitors [2019] UKSC 5 was an opportunity for the Court to consider the correct approach to determining loss of chance…

Post date 7 February 2020
Post author By Sophia Hanif
Post categories In Civil Litigation, Legal Negligence, Litigation, Media, Negligent Solicitors, Professional Indemnity, Professional Negligence, Supreme Court
Tags Claims against Solicitors, Legal Negligence, Litigation, LOSS OF CHANCE, LOSS OF OPPORTUNITY, Negligence, Negligent Solicitor, Professional Negligence, Supreme Court

Property developer loses £multi-million RBS claim: Lessons for future claimants

Judge Timothy Kerr handed down judgment yesterday in the case of Oliver Dean Morley (trading as Morley Estates) v. The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (case number HC-2017-002318).…

Post date 28 January 2020
Post author By Jaron Dosanjh
Post categories In Banking Law, Borrower Protection, Civil Litigation, Derivatives, Financial Mis-selling, Financial Services Litigation, Fixed Rate Loans, Global Restructuring Group, HM Treasury, IRHP Reviews, Litigation, Media, News, RBS, Westregister
Tags Civil Litigation, Claims against Banks, Disclosure, High Court, RBS, SMEs, Treasury

Court of Appeal rules that Part 36 offers excluding interest are not valid

The Court of Appeal (Lord Newey, Lord Coulson and Lord Arnold sitting) have handed down the much anticipated judgement in King v City of London Corporation [2019] EWCA…

Post date 21 January 2020
Post author By James McConkey
Post categories In Civil Litigation, Litigation
Tags CPR, cpr 36, King v City of London Corporation, Litigation, Overriding Objective, Part 36, settlement offers, Valid Offer

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Shanks v Unilever [2019]: UK Supreme Court potentially opens floodgates for further intellectual property claims by inventors

The Supreme Court (Lord Kitchin, Lady Hale, Lord Reed, Lord Hodge and Lady Black sitting) this week have handed down the highly anticipated judgment in Shanks v Unilever…

Post date 24 October 2019
Post author By James McConkey
Post categories In Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, News, Supreme Court
Tags Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, IPO, Litigation, Media, News, Patents Act Lawyers, Supreme Court

Indemnity costs: Paying for unreasonable conduct

The Doctrine of Legal Precedent: When is a Court decision binding?

Litigation: Can Recorded Conversations be used as evidence in Court?

How will coronavirus (COVID-19) affect commercial contracts?

Court of Appeal: Indemnity costs order for “speculative” claims are not constrained by approved costs budget

Is an email confidential if I copy in a lawyer? Court of Appeal clarifies the scope of legal advice privilege

Professional Negligence: Supreme Court guidance on valuing the loss of litigation chance

Property developer loses £multi-million RBS claim: Lessons for future claimants

Court of Appeal rules that Part 36 offers excluding interest are not valid

Shanks v Unilever [2019]: UK Supreme Court potentially opens floodgates for further intellectual property claims by inventors

£115m UK Palace Insufficient for Service of NBD Bankruptcy Petition on Qatari

Winning on Appeal: Reversing Judicial Errors in Coghlan v Lexlaw [2026]

Defending Claims Brought by Liquidators: A UK Director’s Guide

Defeating HMRC’s £1m VAT Assessment

Consumer Credit Act 1974 Reform: What Borrowers Need to Know