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This blog is certainly not legal advice. In recent years, we have seen and heard of people receiving demands from debt recovery companies claiming they owe money on old credit accounts like mobile phones, credit cards and loans. Whilst in a lot of cases, the demands...
We are continuing our series on Civil Procedure Rules, highlighting some of the little known but common rules and hopefully explaining them in plain English. The next rule we will be looking at is Rule 6.11 - Service of a claim form. The rule says: (1) Where – (a) a...
We are continuing our series on Civil Procedure Rules, highlighting some of the little known but common rules and hopefully explaining them in plain English. The next rule we will be looking at is Rule 6.8(b) - Service of a claim form. The rule says: Service of the...
We are continuing our series on Civil Procedure Rules, highlighting some of the little known but common rules and hopefully explaining them in plain English. The next rule we will be looking at is Rule 6.7 - Service of a claim form. The rule says: (1) Solicitor within...
This piece of legislation was made to bring clarity to the meanings of certain words or phrases that are frequently used in other laws. In Schedule 1 of the Act there is a list of words and expressions and their definitions in law. These definitions apply unless an...
We are continuing our series on Civil Procedure Rules, highlighting some of the little known but common rules and hopefully explaining them in plain English. The next rule we will be looking at is Rule 6.4 - Who is to serve the claim form? The rule says: (3)...
We are continuing our series on Civil Procedure Rules, highlighting some of the little known but common rules and hopefully explaining them in plain English. The next rule we will be looking at is Rule 6.3 - Methods of Service. The rule says: 6.3 (1) A claim form may...
We are continuing our series on Civil Procedure Rules, highlighting some of the little known but common rules and hopefully explaining them in plain English. The next rule we will be looking at is Practice Direction 5B – Communication and filing of documents by email...
Please see below for some interesting and fun facts regarding 'The British Calendar Act of 1751!' Did you know, Prior to 1751, the calendar year in the some parts of the UK used to start on 25th of March? This differed from neighbouring nations and also differed in...
Yesterday, we had cause to look at and refer to the following from Practice Direction 23A - 'When a hearing is to be conducted by telephone.' Here's a quick reminder to you all: Practice Direction 23A, 6.2 - subject to paragraph 6.3 and unless the court orders...
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