Hersi & Company Solicitors v The Lord Chancellor (as Successor to the Legal Services Commission)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeMr Justice Julian Knowles
Judgment Date26 April 2018
Neutral Citation[2018] EWHC 946 (QB)
CourtQueen's Bench Division
Docket NumberQB/2017/0228 AND 0323 HQ16X01942
Date26 April 2018
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4 cases
  • Robert Sofer v SwissIndependent Trustees SA
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 2 Agosto 2019
    ...to allegations of fraud and dishonesty, these materials embody rules of pleading of long standing: Hersi & Co v The Lord Chancellor [2018] EWHC 946 (QB), [131]. In Three Rivers District Council v Bank of England (No 3) [2003] 2 AC 1, for example, Lord Millett said: “183. Having read and re......
  • Adare Finance Dac v Yellowstone Capital Management SA
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 19 Octubre 2020
    ...DC v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No. 3) [2001] UKHL 16; [2003] 2 AC 1, para. 51; Hersi & Co v The Lord Chancellor [2018] EWHC 946 (QB) at para. 133–134; Commercial Court Guide, para. C1.3(c)). (4) The most that can be said is that the Claimant relied on its contractual r......
  • Robert Sofer v Swissindependent Trustees SA
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 5 Junio 2020
    ...cited in any subsequent authority. He also submitted that the decision of Julian Knowles J in Hersi & Co Solicitors v Lord Chancellor [2018] EWHC 946 (QB) at [134] was authority to the contrary. I do not accept that submission: the point in Hersi was that serious accusations had been made ......
  • MOHAMAD AMIN BIN MD HASHIM vs Dato’ Tan Bing Hua
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 18 Agosto 2021
    ...cited in any subsequent authority. He also submitted that the decision of Julian Knowles J in Hersi & Co Solicitors v Lord Chancellor [2018] EWHC 946 (QB) at [134] was the authority to the contrary. I do not accept that submission: the point in Hersi was that serious accusations had been ma......
1 firm's commentaries
  • Witness Statements - Hersi v The Lord Chancellor
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 8 Mayo 2018
    ...Alert - [2018] EWHC 946 (QB) Court considers the scope of the witness immunity Where a non-expert witness gives evidence in court proceedings or ahead of those court proceedings, he/she has the benefit of an absolute immunity. If he/she gives false evidence, he/she may be prosecuted for per......

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