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

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 order for the exchange of witness statements on the 20...