1.         Preface Part 36 of the English Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) offers the opportunity to the thoughtful solicitor and commercially-minded client to achieve a pre-trial resolution. Part 36 is a self-contained code.  It contains a carefully structured and highly prescriptive set of rules.  It deals with formal offers to settle proceedings. Where the party making … Continue reading Part 36 Recent Cases

Richard Peter Tymkiw LLB (Hons) Admission to the Solicitors Roll 18 June 1979 Family and Senior Litigation Partner Reported cases: Professional : Bannister King & Rigbeys [1987] 1All ER 727 (aka Fox’s case) (Judgment of Master of the Rolls Sir John Donaldson QC) : reaffirmation of the Court’s inherent jurisdiction over solicitors as Officers of … Continue reading Reported cases