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Recovery of Only a Fraction of the Pleaded Damages is Not Sufficient to Depart from this Principle Background The matter of Global Energy Horizons Corporation v Gray [2021] EWCA Civ...

Decision No.1 – Pallett v MGN Ltd [2021] EWHC 76 (Ch) (19 January 2021)   Background The Claimant brought a claim against the Defendant for infringement of privacy rights by...

The long awaited Guideline Hourly Rate (GHR) report has now been published by the working group. The main takeaway from this report are the proposed increased hourly rates, which have...

Nicholas Lee will be presenting an online webinar in association with Bristol Law Society on Wednesday 4 November 2020 at 1pm via Zoom. The webinar will cover recent developments in...

Oberholster v Little & Anor [2020] EWHC 2635 (QB) (06 October 2020) Background C contracted with D2 (Optical Express) to undertake ophthalmic surgery. The surgery was carried out by D8...

It has been clear in recent years that the Courts are continually keen to reiterate the importance of Alternative Dispute Resolution and show no reluctance to make an example of...

Background The Claimant brought a claim against the Defendant for personal injury which was resolved in the sum of just over £286,000.00 at trial. During the course of the case...

In the recent case of Car Giant Limited -v- the Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Hammersmith [2017] EWHC 464 (TCC) upon the paying party having significantly beaten their own...

Two High Court decisions towards the end of 2015 have made it clear that parties refusing to mediate during the detailed assessment process will, in all likelihood, suffer sanctions on...