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A life lesson on listening to the right people… In January 2023, Philip Nam was in Birmingham for a 3-day trial, which was cut short, due to being adjourned at lunchtime on the first day. Read more from Philip to find out what happened, and the moral of the story!...
Today, Philip Nam represented a Landlord in St Helens in a Section 8 possession case. The case was dismissed. This time the Landlord had solicitors (my only involvement was for the hearing and not the court papers). The lessons from today: - If you don't ask, you...
The information given here is correct up to todays date: 1st November 2023, as Civil Procedure rules do change occasionally. There are various types of legal entity in England and Wales, and it’s very important that you get the legal entity right, as, if you get it...
If a person suffers an injury, of any sort, whilst travelling on a “vessel used in navigation”, that person has 2 years to bring the claim otherwise the claim is barred. This is in accordance with The Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (which applies The Athens...
This new law is due to come into force on the 16th May 2023. It’s been compulsory for dogs to be microchipped since 2015, but this new law consolidates that regulation, so instead of The Microchipping of Dogs Regulations 2015, it’s now The Microchipping of Cats and...
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 6.26 - Deemed Service. The rule says: 6.26 A document,...
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...
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