Casey v Cartwright [2006] EWCA Civ 1280

Fraud: Molodi and Richards a year on

Has judicial benevolence been eradicated? Anthony Johnson explores the effect of two recent fraud judgments ‘In my view, the main thing that practitioners can take away from Richards and Molodi is probably that an atmosphere has now been created where defendants can be more confident in appealing factual determinations of fraud cases.’ Two of the …

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Fundamental Dishonesty: A forecast for fraud – and a chance of meatballs

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In the second part of this article, Martin Littler suggests safeguards and amendments to CPR in order to ensure that such cases are streamlined and properly tracked ‘In cases involving fundamental dishonesty and fraud the real threat of an adverse costs order should be a Sword of Damocles for both parties.’ We saw in part …

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Fixed Costs Or Standard Basis Costs: Vive la difference

Paul Jones assesses the conflict that may arise due to the expansion of fixed costs ‘Standard basis costs and fixed costs are different beasts and an order for one cannot be interpreted by the court as an order for the other.’ Lord Justice Jackson, like Lord Woolf before him, is very keen on fixed costs. …

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