Another week, another heartfelt thank you from the team for our readers’ support during the Directory Submissions Season – this time for references to Chambers & Partners, which have seen us ranked as a Band 1 set in Travel: Personal Injury, with four ranked silks…
Last week we brought you news of two cases in which the jurisdiction of the court was challenged – one a ‘pure’ jurisdictional challenge, the other on the basis of failure to serve originating proceedings. And such cases seem to come along with distressing regularity;…
On 20th September 2024 HHJ Melissa Clarke, sitting as a High Court Judge, handed down Judgment in this case. Giles Mooney KC, instructed by Angela Batchelor of Irwin Mitchell, appeared for Mr Wilson at the quantum trial which had been heard over 5 days in…
Once again this week we find ourselves in the position of thanking our readers for their kind words about us to the directories. In the recently published edition of the Legal 500 members of the team are listed in Aviation and Travel and in Personal…
Data protection claims brought under the ECHR are likely to increase over the next five years. The introduction of the extended fixed costs regime on 1st October 2023 specifically carved out an exception for claims which included a cause of action under the ECHR. Accordingly,…
The big news from last week was the alteration of the discount rates in Scotland and Northern Ireland, both now standing at +0.5%. The Scottish rate was increased from -0.75%, and the Northern Irish rate from -1.5%. The results of the reviews undertaken in different…
Think my claim’s hopeless? So what? – ADR becomes the rule, not the exception From 1 October 2024, a raft of changes to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) will usher in a new era of mandatory Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in civil litigation. The 171st…
This week the team turns its attention to flying for leisure, and in particular the Regulation 12 right to a refund – and, perhaps more esoterically, whether such flights can ever be justified at all. We do hope so, because we will be flying to…
The team has returned from holiday, relaxed, refreshed and ready to go; we hope our readers are feeling similarly rejuvenated. In our absence, the courts have been busily handing down judgments left, right and centre. Challenging Jurisdiction In Graham v Fidelidade [2024] EWHC 2010 (KB)…
Just a few months after judgment in SZR v Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council [2024] EWHC 598 (KB) was handed down, EXE v City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council [2024] EW Misc 20 (CC) is another example of a failed application for strike out/summary judgment…
Now that the summer seems to be under way at last, the team has dispersed to go crabbing in Skegness, paddling in Bridlington, and of course sampling the amuses on Clacton pier. But before we packed our branded Dekachairs and parasols, we found time for…
This week we look at service of documents, and in particularly originating process and notices to prove documents – what happens when (against our advice) you leave service to the last minute? Spoiler: no good can come of it. On the other hand, if you…
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