AMENDING PLEADINGS LATE 2: ANOTHER MATTER OF INTEREST? (AND ANOTHER LATE WITNESS STATEMENT)

An earlier post looked at an application where a bank successfully opposed an application to amend pleadings. In Monks -v- National Westminster Bank [2015] EWHC 1172 (Ch) the defendant bank made a late application to amend its defence. This was refused by HH Judge Simon Baker QC. KEY POINT "It is ut...