ii)where paragraph (i) would apply to two or more claimants, the applicable costs payable to whichever one of those claimants their legal representative chooses;

Where this rule applies, Section VI of this Part applies as though the claim had started under the RTA Protocol, except where—a)has been or should have been started under Annex E of the Pre-Action Protocol for Disease and Illness Claims; and The content of the 'trial bundle' (all the papers required for the trial) and the date by which it has to be 'lodged' (delivered) at the court The above dates and time limits may be extended by agreement between the parties. Nevertheless, The dates relating to trial and pre-trial review cannot be varied without the permission of the court. The remaining dates and time limits may not be extended by more than [number] days without the permission of the court. Disclosure of documents will be dealt with as follows: a) by 4pm on [date] the parties must give to each other standard disclosure of documents [relevant to the issues of…… ] by list [and category] b) by 4pm on [date] any request must be made to inspect the original of, or to provide a copy of a disclosable document c) Any such request unless objected to must be complied with within [14] days of the request

the amount to be included in the judgment for the claimant’s legal representative’s charges is the total of— This is an example of a direction meant to clarify a particular issue. The claimant’s claim includes the cost of taking out credit to hire a vehicle. This can succeed only if the claimant did not have enough money available of his own. The defence has filed to challenge this. The claimant must file and serve a reply with details that support their claim of not having enough money available. If an expert radically alters an opinion previously recorded, the joint statement should include a note or addendum by that expert explaining the change of opinion.d)the figures in stages S2, S7 and S9 to S15 are separate sums for those steps, if carried out; and If you and the defendant agree, you can use the allocation questionnaire to ask the judge to allow the proceedings to be 'stayed' (halted) for one month while you attempt to settle your dispute. You can do this by either talking to the defendant or asking another person to help. This person may be an expert, mediator or an arbitrator. When the claim arises from an accident, a plan and, if possible, photographs of where it happened must be provided. Witnesses’ statements and evidence can then refer to these. Thanks for the very detailed reply. I live in Ticino, at the boarder between Switzerland and Italy. so I am superclose to Northern Italy, particularly the region of Milan. And I agree with you (I followed very closely the pandemic here because I am a soon-to-be Ph.D in Neurobiology, and I have some plans to continue my activity with relationships between pathogenic infections and neurodegenerative diseases), the problem was more logistic than related to letality. From a molecular and biological point of view the virus is not the end of the world, the big problem is the transmissibility, but it enhances, as you correctly stated, the logistic problems (beds for ICU, as an example). And I fear it c In a complex case it can be helpful to have certain basic points resolved by a judge’s decision at an early stage. Below is a particular example.

Remember that this guidance can only give you a general idea of what is likely to happen, and cannot explain everything about court rules, costs and procedures which may affect different types of claim in different ways. By 4 p.m. on [date] the claimant must file and serve a reply to defence setting out all facts in support of any assertion that the claimant was impecunious at the commencement of and during the hire of the vehicle in question. In default, the claimant shall be debarred from relying upon the fact of impecuniosity for the purposes of determining the appropriate rate of hire. Are you from Northern Italy? They have had a very bad time of it. It is like that Swiss cheese model where so many things came together and caused so many problems. Not just the virus itself but number of beds, admitting people too readily that created an environment where it spread like wildfire including to health workers. And they were also a bit slow to act. Instead of laying out a plan they were telling people to hug a Chinese person.When starting a claim, the claimant may attach an expert’s report to his Particulars of Claim. (You have to attach a medical report in a claim for personal injury.) In simple cases that may be all the expert evidence needed and if it is, the expert does not attend court as a witness. The other party or parties can ask written questions which the expert must answer in writing. In more complex cases, parties may want to rely on a number of different kinds of expert. In this example, three kinds of expert will be used. The same considerations apply for multiple experts as for a single one. As a witness is not be able to attend court through ill-health or for some other valid reason, the judge is allowing them to give evidence elsewhere. This is particularly important where the claimant is suffering from a severely disabling disease such as Mesothelioma. The parties will be able to attend and cross-examine if they wish. The examiner will record the evidence in writing and in many cases on DVD so that it can be read and viewed by the trial judge in due course. a)“value of the claim for damages” and “damages” shall be treated as references to the value of the claim, as defined in paragraph (3); and Rule 2.3 defines ‘legal representative’.) Advice obtained in claims started under the RTA Protocol or the EL/PL Protocol

If you're playing on a slow court you will need to be fit and a lot more patient. The rallies will be longer, so your legs must be in great shape, both to keep moving and because you're going to be using your whole body to generate more pace. Where this rule applies, the only sums (exclusive of VAT) that are recoverable in respect of the cost of obtaining a fixed cost medical report or medical records are as follows— Disclosure means telling the defendant about any documents you have, or have had, in your possession, or which you are required by practice direction to disclose. The claim form may include a claim for fixed commencement costs. Amount of fixed commencement costs in a claim for the recovery of money or goods Pre-Action Protocols detail what needs to be done before a claim can go to (be issued in) court. They apply to several different types of case. Not complying with one may cause delay and expense. The court may have to give directions to deal with this.

Integrations

Where the defendants have all admitted liability and coordinate settlement between them, only one set of Stage 2 costs is allowed. The parties have permission to rely on the jointly instructed written evidence of an expert [type of expert] [who will be the same expert instructed to inspect in accordance with the Pre-Action Protocol ] [in respect of …….] Subject to any direction, ruling or finding of the trial judge any employer’s accident report and Health and Safety Executive report with witness statements will be admissible in evidence. The costs to be awarded for stage S1 are subject to assessment up to a maximum of the figure shown for stage S1 in Table 14, except in a claim for personal injuries where the figure shown is fixed. This direction reminds the parties that (under the Civil Procedure Rules) they can agree to extend some, but not all, of the dates and time limits prescribed for steps in preparing for trial. However, it also restricts agreed extensions to a specified number of days.