Partially allowing an appeal of a costs order following a trial, McGowan J confirmed that a Part 36 offer to settle for nil damages may be viewed as a genuine Part 36 offer. The case involved proceedings against the police for false imprisonment and assault. The defendant had made a Part 36 …
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Claimant has priority when interrogating imaged digital data taken during the execution of a search and seizure order (High Court)
Two separate cases raised a similar point involving the interrogation of imaged digital data taken during the execution of a search and seizure order (SSO), asking who goes first in inspecting and interrogating that data (after the filtering out of privileged material), the claimant or the …
Late application for permission to reply on expert evidence allowed in part (High Court)
The High Court (Stewart J) has granted, in part, a late application for permission to rely on expert evidence. The claimants (H) sought permission to enforce in England and Wales twelve judgments of the US District Court of the District of Columbia (the US court). A preliminary issues trial was …