It happened on April 19, 1964. It was bluebell time in Kent. –Hinz v Berry [1970]…
Category: Procedure
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
I walk a lonely roadThe only one that I have ever knownDon’t know where it goesBut…
Allocation wars
Over the last two decades, there have been at least two great battles on allocation, which…
Old Possum’s Book of Witness Statements
Memory, turn your face to the moonlightLet your memory lead youOpen up, enter inIf you find…
Cab rank principles
Decisions of the Court of Appeal on aspects of credit hire litigation have proved rare recently,…
Pleading points
Despite the current shutdown of much of the economy, the world continues to turn, the seasons…
Growing old
One of the pleasures of growing old, is the realisation that time is circular and one…
Abuse of process and multiple proceedings
One topic that arises from time to time in credit hire claims, is an argument that…
A long shadow
Summer’s lease has now expired and in recent weeks I have been alternating the roles of common law…