2019 - Page 5 of 8 - 1 Chancery Lane

Year: <span>2019</span>

Mar

Public Authority Briefing – Recent decisions

In this inaugural briefing for our Public Law Group, Saleem Khalid and Richard ...

Mar

Disapplication of QOCS: Is failure to pay the trial fee sufficient?

QOCS, otherwise known as Qualified One-way Costs Shifting, leaves defendants out of pocket when defending claims, unless a defendant can satisfy one of the few exceptions in the Civil Procedure Rules ...

Mar

Matthew v Sedman [2019] EWCA Civ 475: limitation in ‘midnight deadline’ cases

Suppose you are under a professional obligation to do an act by no later than the end of 2 June, in default of which your client will suffer immediate loss. You can comply with your obligation by ...

Mar

Experts in contempt – Amend reports at your peril…

Medical reports are often meticulously scrutinised in personal injury claims. They provide an overview of the claimant's personal account to his or her expert of their symptomatology, past medical ...

Mar

Discount Rate Klaxon – Review due in August 2019

The Lord Chancellor will announce later today that the first review of the personal injury discount rate under the Damages Act 1996 as amended by the Civil Liability Act 2018 will start on 19 March ...

Mar

Word of warning for McKenzie Friends & Co

I have seen this decision reported in a number of places online and it seems to be both important and interesting, so thought I'd add something brief here. The High Court has given much needed ...

Mar

Experts in contempt – amend reports at your peril…

Mar

Anonymity Orders: Balancing privacy with the principle of open justice

The High Court has recently considered the circumstances in which it is appropriate to grant anonymity orders under CPR 39.2(4) and the stage at which such applications should be made. ...

Mar

Proving the size of highway defects – Why measurements of length, width and depth are crucial

It is common in highway trip and slip claims for claimants to provide photographs of the defect they say caused them injury. Those photographs usually show, amongst other things, an attempt to measure ...

Mar

An Unexpected Relief

Relief from sanctions applications remain an all too common part of litigation, particularly in the personal injury sphere. In a recent case before DDJ Sadd in Croydon County Court, relief from ...

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