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10 November 2017 / Dominic Regan
Issue: 7769 / Categories: Features , Profession
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Dominic Regan recounts tales of momentous show downs, fibbing & worse in & out of court

Trial represents the culmination of a dispute. Like a boxing match, two opponents enter the ring, each believing they will win. One is going to be disappointed. Worse still, each party will be confronted by a hostile opponent. To cap it all, a testy judge can let rip. Those considerations regularly provoke settlement, with particular emphasis on ADR. However, a steady flow of optimists fight on.

Prove it or lose it

Anything and everything can go wrong. Marathon Asset Management LLP v Seddon (2017) 2 Costs LR 255. The claimant had rejected a Pt 36 offer to settle pitched at £1.5m. The trial did not quite go to plan. While there was breach there was no evidence of consequential loss. A slightly lower award of £1 was made. Prove it or lose it as the old litigation adage goes.

Tales from the dock

Experts are regularly paid large sums of money for their litigation opinions. I felt

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