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DELAY AND NON-COMPLIANCE: ACTION STRUCK OUT: A "GAME CHANGER"

January 4, 2017 · by gexall · in Applications, Damages, Extensions of time, Members Content, Relief from sanctions, Striking out, Uncategorized

The judgment of Master Matthew in Phelps -v- Button [2016] EWHC 3185 (Ch) emphasises the dangers of delay and non compliance. “…I will observe that the Court ethos has changed enormously since the days of Lord Denning and the two…

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