Hogg v Newton (Judgment handed down 18th May 2018) highlights the importance of ensuring that every intended element of a claim is included, or excluded, within a Part 36 offer, and also emphasises the danger of not withdrawing Part 36 offers, no matter how old. The brief facts of the case are that the Claimant…
In Molodi v Cambridge Vibration Maintenance Service (1) and Aviva Insurance Limited (2) [2018] EWHC 1288 (QB) the High Court have allowed the Defendant’s appeal and dismissed the Claimant’s claim on the ground that the they had been fundamentally dishonest within the meaning of Section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015. Liability…
In the recent case of Sirketi v Kupeli & Ors [2018] EWCA Civ 1264 the Court of Appeal overturned an order for costs in favour of the Claimants with an order for no costs. The claims, which were never formally incorporated into a Group Litigation Order but were joined and managed together with one firm…
A review of the decision in Harrap v Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust [2018] EWHC 1063 (QB) The recent decision in Harrap v Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust [2018] EWHC 1063 (QB) contains salient lessons to ensure witness evidence is fully pleaded and sets out the “full story”. The matter was…
Record Providers will now have to change how they respond to Subject Access Requests under the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force on 25th May. How does GPDR change Subject Access Requests? Several aspects of how Subject Access Requests are dealt with have changed as follows: Record Providers will no longer…
Much has been made of the comments of Chief Master Marsh in Leslie & Others v MGN Limited [[2018] EWHC 1244 (Ch)] at paragraphs 38-48 specifically with regard to the witness evidence phase of a budget. To set the scene, the case is one brought by John Leslie, Chantelle Houghton and others, in the second…
Nicolaou v Cass (2017) Claim Number B04LV651 in the Liverpool County Court This was a Clinical Negligence claim which settled for £250,000.00, costs were then to be dealt with. As part of the costs, the Claimant sought to recover an ATE Premium of £53,145.00 plus IPT, ARAG were the insurers in this instance. The matter…
Mrs. Francois v Barclays Bank plc [2017] EWCH 3531 (QB) in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court the Judge allowed an appeal against a costs order, which had been made by a Circuit Judge. The appellant, Mrs Francois, (F) issued a small claim against the respondent Bank (B) for race discrimination. The claim…
Lords Ltd v HSBC Bank Plc [2018] EWHC 860 (Comm) The main action arose from an investment made by the Claimant in 2007 in two financial products (bonds or policies) issued by the Defendant with minimum terms of 5 years. The sums involved were not insubstantial. The Claimant alleged that the bonds or policies were…
Sir Kevin Barron MP & Others v Jane Collins MEP & UKIP [2018] EWHC 253 (QB) This is a judgment by Mr Justice Warby in relation to a third-party costs order against the Second Defendant, UKIP. UKIP agreed to be joined to the action for the purposes of resolving whether it should pay costs incurred…