Procedure: A tricky end

Shoosmiths LLP | The Commercial Litigation Journal | March/April 2019 #84
Michael Bennett discusses discontinuance ‘The best approach will usually be to try and demonstrate some form of unreasonable conduct by the defendant and use this to reduce the percentage of the defendant’s costs that the claimant is ordered to pay.’ When a claimant discontinues a claim it may feel like the end of a long …

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Multiple Defendants: Who to sue? Practical and cost considerations

Cloisters (Chambers of Robin Allen QC) | Personal Injury Law Journal | December 2014/January 2015 #131
In the first of two articles Hannah Godfrey considers the tactical and practical considerations associated with multiple defendant claims. The next, in the February issue, will review the substantive law ‘Where the injury is divisible, you may need to consider the merits of proceeding against one or more defendants separately rather than joining multiple parties …

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