RHYS EDWARDS & Ors v SLATER AND GORDON UK LIMITED
Decision date: 11 May 2022
Neutral citation: [2022] EWHC 1091 (QB)
Court: High Court (King's Bench Division)
Insurance classification confidence: high
Overall AI summary confidence: medium
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This case concerns multiple claimant challenges to deductions made by Slater and Gordon from personal injury damages and related interlocutory case-management orders. The primary issues included whether the costs judge could order disclosure in Part 8 SOCA claims, whether security for costs or a stay was appropriate, and whether the defendant must answer Part 18 questions about alleged secret commissions connected to an ATE policy. The court dismissed the defendant's appeal in Edwards & others, allowed the claimant's appeal in Raubenheimer and ordered the defendant to answer the Part 18 requests; costs of the Raubenheimer appeal and the Edwards appeals were ordered payable by the defendant.
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