LATE SERVICE OF WITNESS STATEMENTS: ORAL APPLICATION TO EXTEND TIME GRANTED – BUT ON STRICT TERMS

January 17, 2015 · by · in Applications, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Witness statements

In Rai -v- Jaskaran Singh Bholowasia Pardes Weekly (UK) Ltd [2014] EWHC 4501 (QB) Mrs Justice Simler granted what was effectively an oral application for relief from sanctions. THE CASE The claimant brought an action for defamation. There was an…