TWO CASES WHERE RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS REFUSED: (I) LATE WITNESS STATEMENTS (II) NO SCHEDULE OF COSTS
There are two cases reported on Lawtel this morning which exemplify problems of modern litigation and relief from sanctions. The first involves late service of a witness statement in a fatal accident case; the second the failure to file a…
HIGH COURT MASTER GRANTS AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR SERVICE OF REPLIES TO POINTS OF DISPUTE ON ASSESSMENT OF COSTS
I am grateful to Neil Sexton from Blake Lapthorn for sending me a note of a decision of Master Leonard where an extension of time for service of Replies to Points of Dispute was granted. (The note is printed here…