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Dick Warner looks at recent case law on awards of costs following discontinuance of proceedings ‘The terms of r38.5 CPR were such that the discontinuance of the main action would not affect any proceedings relating to costs, but when considering an application under r38.6 CPR, the court would place weight on whether or not the …
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Johnathan Payne and Richard McKeown assess the impact of Edwards-Tubb v Wetherspoon ‘It has long been recognised that the courts could make conditional orders where the party sought to substitute an expert who had been named within proceedings.’ Litigators should be aware of the Court of Appeal’s recent judgment in the case of Edwards-Tubb v …
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Gary Lawrenson considers the impact of Jones v Kaney ‘In the Supreme Court, the majority decision, led by Lord Phillips, removed experts’ immunity against claims by their clients. Experts can now be sued for breach of contract or professional negligence in relation to their participation in legal proceedings.’In Jones v Kaney [2011] the Supreme Court …
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Kai Struckmann and Genevra Forwood map out the options available to companies unable to pay fines imposed by the European Commission ‘The factors determining the competition fines are the annual value of relevant sales, the gravity and duration of the infringement.’ European Commission fines for infringements of competition law are high. It is no longer …
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Richard Power and Louise Trotter examine the response of the European Commission and the English Courts to West Tankers ‘The effect of West Tankers is that the courts of the arbitral seat are precluded from issuing an anti-suit injunction restraining proceedings being pursued in another member state.’ The European Commission (the Commission) has published a …
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Peter Dodge discusses the potential for increased litigation and the themes that may emerge ‘Uncertainty tends to produce litigation. When the courts clarify principles of law, experienced litigants such as lenders and insurers can then compromise claims on the basis of that clarification.’ It is a truism that cyclical falls in property prices following periods …
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Karishma Jasani Paroha, Gareth Cremen and Michael Judin investigate product liability legislation in South Africa ‘Consumers will be entitled to rely on the fact that consumer products will be reasonably suitable for the purposes that they were originally intended for, and will be of good quality, in good working order and free of defects.’ The …
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Michael Isaacs looks at how collective consumer claims may work under the enhanced powers given to the FSA in October 2010 by the Financial Services Act 2010 ‘The government view is that the best approach is a regulator-led one, on a sector by sector basis, and financial services is the guinea pig. The approach was …
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Alison Padfield examines legal developments in before the event legal expenses insurance ‘The decision in Eschig has been widely interpreted as an indication that the European Court of Justice will interpret the LEI Directive as not permitting any restriction on the freedom to choose a lawyer other than those limited restrictions expressly set out in …
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In the first of two parts, Alan Watts and Anna Bateman review recent cases on the law of confidence and privacy ‘Applications for interim injunctions to prevent publication of confidential information are often sought and obtained.’ The past few years have seen some significant developments in the law of confidence, such that it is now …
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