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Volkswagen settle supplier disputes

August 25, 2016
Volkswagen has settled a major dispute with suppliers that had disrupted car production at more than half its German plants and threatened to derail its recovery following the diesel emissions scandal. Talks continued well into the night as the German...
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Costs reduced for failure to mediate

February 26, 2015
The High Court has penalised a successful defendant for failing to mediate by awarding it only two-thirds of its costs even though it won. The defendant did agree to a round table meeting or mediation but then changed its mind...
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Setting Aside Judgment in Default

January 15, 2015
In a recent case  (Robinson v. Kensington and Chelsea and another (2014) [2014] EWHC 4449 (QB)) the High Court set aside a Default Judgment that had been entered when the Defendant’s Acknowledgment of Service had been filed with the Court five...
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Walker Foster support the Young Enterprise Company Programme

October 16, 2014
We were pleased to recently host an informal gathering of centre leaders and business advisors working with year 12 students in Craven schools on the Young Enterprise Company Programme. Young Enterprise is the United Kingdom’s largest business and enterprise education...
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What is a Part 36 offer?

October 8, 2014
What? Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules is about offers to settle a claim (before or during proceedings). It is designed to encourage early settlement and it works by imposing costs consequences. Why? If an offer is accepted within...
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