Abuse Of Process: Trial run

Laura Crawford and Jon Chesman warn against the expedient choice of defendants ‘Even if the claimant considers that the actions are sufficiently different to warrant separate proceedings, the court confirmed that this is a question for the judge to determine when exercising general case management powers.’ On Friday 11 September 2015, in the High Court …
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Practice: Joint tortfeasors – avoiding the trap for the unwary

Geraldine Elliott and Nigel Brook guide claimants through the tortious jungle ‘The surveyors were joint tortfeasors with the council and authority, meaning the settlement agreement released Gladman’s cause of action against all of them.’ In Gladman Commercial Properties v Fisher Hargreaves Proctor [2013] the claimant had entered into a settlement agreement with one of several …
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