RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS: COURT OF APPEAL ALLOWS APPEAL AND GRANTS RELIEF WHEN THE ORIGINAL ORDER WAS PRE-DENTON

It is surprising, perhaps embarrassing, that the Court of Appeal is still hearing appeals where the judge at first instance applied the pre-Denton approach to relief from sanctions. However a judgment today involved just that*.  In Patterson -v- Spencer [2017] EWCA Civ 140 the Court granted relief f...