NOT ALL WITNESS STATEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC AHEAD OF A TRIAL: THE TIMES HAS TO WAIT
In Blue -v- Ashley & The Times Newspapers Limited [2017] EWHC 1553 (Comm) Mr Justice Leggatt considered whether a witness statement should be disclosed to the public when it had been referred to at a pre-trial hearing. The application was…
ACTION WAS STATUTE BARRED AND AN ABUSE OF PROCESS: THE COURT WILL NOT SIMPLY REFEREE WHATEVER GAME A CLAIMANT WANTS TO PLAY
In Schweppe -v- Closier [2017] EWHC 1486 (TCC) Mr Justice Coulson struck out an action on the grounds it was statute barred and represented an abuse of process. The judgment is worth reading because it reviews the principles relating to…