LETTS v ROYAL SUN ALLIANCE PLC (2012) ~ Sen Cts Costs Office (Mackay J, Senior Costs Judge Hurst, Colin Jaque) 03/04/2012  A costs officer had acted perfectly legitimately in assessing the costs of the successful claimant in a case involving a low velocity rear end shunt, even though the costs far exceeded the damages accepted [...]

COMMENTS : This case reaffirms the basic principle that winner should get his legal fees from the looser subject to appottionment for winners dishonest conduct. It also highlights again the importance of making sure that offers made during the life time of the case comply with Pt36 of CPR. Here they were not and N [...]

There was no error in a judge’s decision refusing relief from sanctions and ordering outright possession against tenants who had not complied with a court order in possession proceedings, which had been brought as a result of their antisocial behaviour. The appellant tenants (B) appealed against a decision refusing relief from sanctions and upholding an [...]

Comments; This is how it should and ought to be. Many of my opponents blow hot and cold about late disclosure. But there is a fundamental premise that a trial judge should have all the available evidence to enable him/her to reach just and fair decision. GRUPO HOTELERO URVASCO SA v CAREY VALUE ADDED SL [...]

(1) PETULA FITZPATRICK (2) BRUCE WILKEY (3) THOMAS, BOYD & WHITE (A FIRM) v COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS (2012) QBD (Admin) (Globe J) 11/1/2012 The first and second claimant solicitors (F and W) claimed damages for assault, battery and false imprisonment from the defendant police force, and a declaration that their human rights [...]

 AMP v PERSONS UNKNOWN (2011) An individual was granted an anonymity order under CPR r.39.2(4) and an interim injunction to prevent transmission, storage and indexing of photographic images taken from her mobile phone and uploaded to a website as BitTorrent files. She had a reasonable expectation of privacy in relation to those images capable of [...]