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Defective Service, and the mandatory provisions of CPR 11
Travel Law practitioners will be familiar with the difficulties involve with service of the claim form out of the jurisdiction, which have been exacerbated post Brexit. The issues of jurisdiction following defective service,…
Ian Clarke successfully acted for the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police in this appeal against the ICO’s decision to compel the provision of information under the Freedom of Information Act. The judgment offers some useful guidance for public bodies seeking to…
The Court of Appeal handed down judgment yesterday in Roberts v Jones [2024] EWCA 118 and [2024] EWHC 290 (KB), allowing the appeal. Simon Butler and Anirudh Mandagere acted for the Appellant. They were instructed via Advocate.
You can read the judgment…
Service and Jurisdiction: Lunn v Antarctic Logistics Centre International [2023] EWHC 2856 (KB)
In a recent case it fell to Master Thornett to apply the rules on extension of time for service and for challenging jurisdiction, albeit in an unusual factual context.
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In welcome news for practitioners, changes have this week been announced to address what PIBA describes as ‘long-standing flaws in the fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime for advocates’. These include:
The failure to increase fixed advocacy fees in line with inflation for…
In yesterday’s webinar, Anirudh Mandagere was joined by Dino Nocivelli, Partner at Leigh Day, to discuss abuse in sport. They discussed the importance of athlete welfare, the common types of abuse in a sports setting, and the challenges of litigating abuse claims…
Solicitors’ Assumption of Responsibility: Miller v Irwin Mitchell LLP [2023] EWCA Civ 53
There was good news for travel solicitors this week, with the Court of Appeal giving judgment for the solicitors in Miller v Irwin Mitchell.
The Claimant was injured on a…
Martin Spencer J has today handed down a judgment allowing an appeal by the Chief Constable of Essex Police from a judgment given by Recorder Dagnall sitting in the County Court at Colchester in a claim brought by Mr Matthew Carter.
The…
The Court of Appeal handed down judgment today in Miller v Irwin Mitchell [2024] EWCA Civ 53, upholding the judgment at first instance which dismissed the claim. Andrew Warnock KC and Andrew Spencer represented the successful defendant.
Background
The Claimant was injured…
Members of a sophisticated organised criminal gang, responsible for the large-scale supply of crack cocaine and heroin in North London whilst armed with a range of lethal firearms, have been given sentences totally 35 years’ imprisonment.
The gang was prosecuted by Thom…
