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Tag Archives: Gordon Exall
Eight years of CPR blogging from Gordon Exall and the Civil Litigation Brief
For many years, when people asked my children what their father did for a living, they would say “He’s a blogger”. This was perhaps puzzling, particularly for those who knew that I spent much of my time flying all over … Continue reading
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The Disclosure Pilot: narrow focus of disclosure issues and not using the disclosure pilot as an offensive weapon
I recently saw a police tweet which expressed almost admiration for the speed with which some car thieves had stripped down a couple of cars, neatly packaging the components for re-use elsewhere. Gordon Exall, author of the Civil Litigation Brief, … Continue reading
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When the car sneaks on you and your social media betrays you
English barrister Gordon Exall, he of the Civil Litigation Brief who is constantly informative as @CivilLitTweet on Twitter, reports on an interesting finding of fundamental dishonesty in a claim about an alleged motor accident. The judgment is Wise -v- Hegarty & Alpha … Continue reading
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Tagged Craig Ball, Gordon Exall
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Non-compliance with peremptory disclosure orders – Powell v Watford Borough Council and the limits on judicial discretion
There is no substitute for reading the rules relating to disclosure, whether those expressly so – Rule 31 and its practice directions – or those with wider effect elsewhere in the rules. What happens, though, when something in the rules … Continue reading
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New disclosure rules – links and commentary from Gordon Exall
Barrister Gordon Exall, the author of the invaluable Civil Litigation Brief, has now put more than 2,000 posts on the blog. He has done more than provide an essential service for all those who grapple with civil procedure. He has … Continue reading
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LinkedIn entry as evidence of shadow director status
Lawyers are beginning to get the idea that the definition of a “document” in the discovery rules extends to entries on social media such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. There remains the perception, however, that these things are relevant only … Continue reading
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Tchenguiz v Grant Thornton – proper use of the disclosure “menu” and the overriding objective
Nothing new emerges from the judgment of Mr Justice Knowles in Tchenguiz & Anor v Grant Thornton UK LLP & Ors [2017] EWHC 310 (Comm) (22 February 2017), but it restates an important point relating to disclosure of documents in England … Continue reading
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Photographs and their metadata help scuttle a shipping insurance claim
Gordon Exall, author of the authoritative Civil Litigation Brief, is always kind enough to draw my attention to judgments which involve any aspect of eDisclosure. Without his tip-off, I do not think that I would have followed up his recent … Continue reading
Documents win cases! Huron Legal and Zenith Chambers join forces to discuss eDisclosure in Leeds on 20 October
On 20 October, Huron Legal, in conjunction with Zenith Chambers and with me, will be talking about the disclosure and evidence in Leeds with in a session entitled Documents win cases! The event starts at 4:00pm with a panel discussion … Continue reading
Posted in Court Rules, CPR, eDisclosure, Electronic disclosure, Huron Legal
Tagged Gordon Exall, Jonathan Maas
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Fraudulent assertions undermined by YouTube
Most of us leave traces of our everyday activities on the Internet, often without realising it. Internet chat, Facebook posts, calendar entries and photograph metadata are often available to contradict assertions about our whereabouts and lifestyle. The defendant in Cirencester … Continue reading
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Philip Favro of Recommind interviews English barrister Gordon Exall
It is easy for eDiscovery people to treat the management of litigation documents as an end in itself, overlooking or ignoring the fact that discovery is one of many components of litigation. It is also easy (I get eloquent about … Continue reading
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Tagged Gordon Exall, Philip Favro
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Civil Litigation Brief is two years old today
How did we ever manage without the Civil Litigation Brief? Gordon Exall is a barrister at Zenith Chambers in Leeds. Two years ago today he began a blog about his specialist fields of civil procedure, costs, limitation, sanctions and evidence, and … Continue reading
Budgets, costs and sanctions in England and Wales – links to some good reporting
One cannot hope to keep up with everything which is going on in consequence of the Jackson reforms to civil procedure in England and Wales. They took effect on 1 April and we are seeing a move from judgments which … Continue reading
Posted in CPR, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, Jackson Reforms
Tagged Dominic Regan, Gordon Exall, Rachel Rothwell
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