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• Exaggeration of Claim Not Sufficient for Case to be Struck Out

  • Posted27 December 2012

  Where a claim has no serious chance of success, the court may order it to be ‘struck out’. When this occurs, the claim fails absolutely. The court has the right...

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• No Claim If No Loss Demonstrated

  • Posted13 December 2012

  Mistakes are mistakes, but in law, when a legal claim is made, the fact that a mistake was made is only the first step to obtaining damages. The second step...

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• Failure to Observe Costs Rules Means Winner Loses Out

  • Posted4 December 2012

  The general rule that in litigation the loser pays the winner’s legal costs does not always apply, as a successful claimant found recently. The claim was made in the...

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• Director Liable to Charity for Company’s Failings

  • Posted20 November 2012

  A company director whose company provided services to a charity of which he was a trustee found himself faced with a claim from the charity that he was liable to...

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• Gambler Who Couldn’t Lose Stripped of Winnings

  • Posted30 October 2012

  An Italian man who thought he had won £650,000 playing an online game that turned out to be affected by a software bug will get none of his winnings after...

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• No Compensation for Woman Who Volunteered for Dangerous Activity

  • Posted17 October 2012

  The Court of Appeal has rejected a claim for damages by a woman climber who was injured when a stunt being filmed for a television production went wrong. The...

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