In Kahlbetzer v VFX Financial PLC, the High Court confirmed the availability of a range of interim relief where a claimant had suffered a US $1 million loss as a result of an email fraud. Continue reading
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October 2, 2017
High Court grants interim relief following email fraud
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September 25, 2017
Third party funding: surveying the field
Over recent years, third party funding has established itself as an enabler and driver of litigation. It is, of course, on the “menu” of funding options that solicitors are under a duty to advise their clients to consider. It is also a factor that is expected to contribute to the healthy litigation environment referred to by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd and (former) Lord Chancellor, Liz Truss, in their stated aim to “maintain… Britain’s reputation as the best place in the world for court-based dispute resolution.” Continue reading
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September 22, 2017
Perjury on an industrial scale: contempt of court update
“This is perjury on an industrial scale”, held Supperstone LJ in July 2017, when he sentenced seven defendant expert witnesses to prison for contempt of court for fabricating evidence, in Accident Exchange Limited v Broom. The case is one of the most complex and longest running contempt trials in history. So, what was the case about and is there anything we can learn from it? Continue reading