A short judgment must be a careful judgment… or risk a retrial – Practical Law Dispute Resolution Blog

Posted October 29th, 2019 in judgments, news, reasons, retrials by sally

‘It is sometimes said that a judgment is written for the losing party; all that the winning party cares about is that it has won. However, a recent Court of Appeal decision is a salutary reminder that when a judgment is not carefully written, the failure to give adequate reasons for the conclusions may lead to a retrial, and so give the losing party a second bite at the cherry. All litigants, winners and losers, should take note.’

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Practical Law Dispute Resolution Blog, 1st October 2019

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