Peter Yates
​Reckless contempt: Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company Limited v Khan and others [2018] EWHC 2581 (QB)
The need to avoid making dishonest and misleading assertions in the context of litigation is not, frankly, something which the...
​Discontinuance, costs, and multiple Defendants: BAE Systems Pension Funds Trustees Ltd v Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd [2018] EWHC 1222 (TCC)
This case is a reminder, if any were needed, of the difficulties facing Claimants in deciding whether or not to pursue multipl...
Indemnity costs, allegations of fraud and discontinuance: PJSC Aeroflot v Forus and others [2018] EWHC 1735 (Ch)
There are lessons for practitioners in all areas in the judgment of Rose J in Aeroflot v Forus and others. That case – a long-r...
The fruits of iniquity: RTA Protocol fixed costs and the solicitor's lien
On 18th April 2018 the Supreme Court gave judgment in Gavin Edmondson Solicitors Ltd v Haven Insurance Company Ltd. The case r...
​Samuels v Birmingham City Council: intentional homelessness and benefits
On 19th February 2018 the Supreme Court granted permission to appeal the Court of Appeal's decision in Samuels v Birmingham C...
Saunders v Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 343 (QB)
Burdens of proof, res ipsa loquitur and experts' jointstatements: Saunders v Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Founda...
​Solicitors, statements of truth and CNFs: Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company Limited v Yavuz and others [2017] EWHC 3088 QB
In Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company Ltd v Yavuz and others, Warby J found that the parties to a crash-for-cash conspiracy w...
​Section 33 of the Limitation Act 1980: Mossa v Wise [2017] EWHC 2608 (QB)
The High Court upheld a Master's decision to allow a clinical negligence action to proceed pursuant to section 33 of the Limit...
​You can't have it both ways: costs and applications
Higgins and others v (1) ERC Accountants and Business Advisers Ltd and (2) Granite Tax Ltd [2017] EWHC 2190 (Ch)In Higgins and o...
Summary judgment – you can't just hope for the best; Dodd v Raebarn Estates Ltd and others [2017] EWCA Civ 439
In Dodd v Raebarn Estates Ltd and others [2017] EWCA Civ 439 the Court of Appeal gave brief but useful guidance on the corre...
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Legal 500 (2011)
'He specialises in fraud, drugs and conspiracy cases.'