Memory, turn your face to the moonlightLet your memory lead youOpen up, enter inIf you find…
Category: Procedure
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…
The mills of god
An interesting appeal I dealt with recently concerned a £120,000 claim for credit hire: His Honour…
The postman always rings twice
In the case of Miah v Minea County Court at Liverpool 26th April 2018 handed down recently,…
Sound and fury
An interesting case from a few months ago is the decision in the Court of Appeal…
The Blue Book
Long ago, in the mid 1990s the Nottingham County Court had a local practice direction, agreed…