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What is a tort?This Practice Note provides an introduction to tort law by addressing three questions:•what does the concept of being liable in tort...
Negligence—key elements to establish a negligence claimThis Practice Note outlines the key elements for establishing a claim in negligence. For...
Rescission of a contractWhat is rescission of a contract?The remedy of rescission is available to a party whose consent, in entering into a contract,...
The doctrine of res judicataWhat is a res judicata?A res judicata is a decision given by a judge or tribunal with jurisdiction over the cause of...
Judgments and orders—setting asideThis Practice Note considers what action may be taken on receipt of a judgment, including when you can apply to correct a judgment, revoke it, appeal it or apply to have it set aside on the grounds that the judgment was either made without jurisdiction or obtained
Interest on judgment debtsThis Practice Note provides guidance on claiming interest on judgment debts.For information on claiming interest when issuing:•a claim, see Practice Note: Claiming interest•a foreign currency claim, see Practice Note: Foreign currency claims—interest on damages claims,
Where a company changed its name but proceedings have been commenced under the old name, have proceedings been correctly issued? The company number, officers, registered office address, etc all remained the same.The company nameThe name of a company is not an immutable part of its identity. A
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
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