"IN TIME" APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO SERVE PARTICULARS OF CLAIM REFUSED: A DANGER AREA TO WATCH
In Frontier Estates -v- Berwin Leighton Paisner (Ch D 30/10/2014)* John Male QC upheld a decision not to grant an extension of time for service of the particular of claim. What makes this case important is that the application was…
RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS CAN BE HEARD WITHOUT A FORMAL APPLICATION: CUTLER -V- BARNET
In Cutler -v- Barnet (QBD 31/10/14)* Supperstone J held that an application for relief from sanctions could be heard even if it were not made formally in writing. THE CASE The defendant was resisting a claim for possession. She had…
CIVIL LITIGATION BRIEF 20 YEARS AGO: WHAT WAS IN THE NEWS AND WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM IT?
Whilst blogs have not been around 20 years* Civil Litigation Brief has. Twenty years ago it was a monthly column in the Solicitors Journal (monthly now seems a leisurely timetable). It is interesting to see what was making the news…

