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The Professional Negligence Pre-Action Protocol – A new approach to resolving disputes?
The Professional Negligence Pre-Action Protocol (“Protocol”) has been revised and this article discusses the three main changes to the protocol which have prompted most debate. The purpose of the…
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Effect on litigated claims volumes of changes on court fees and fundamental dishonesty
Increased levels of litigated claims in the short term should be expected as a result of recent developments in parliament, as claimants and their lawyers have been rushing to beat the incoming…
Read moreNo such thing as watertight: refusal to mediate leaves Defendant sunk
In Garritt-Critchley & Ors v Ronnan & Anor (2014) the High Court criticised a Defendant’s refusal to enter into mediation, on the basis that it believed it had a watertight case and awarded the…
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