FAILING TO TURN UP TO A TRIAL: DEFENDANT’S APPLICATION REFUSED: CPR 39.3(3) CONSIDERED

This blog has looked several times at the issues relating to CPR 39.3(3), the rule that governs an application when a party fails to attend a trial or hearing.   The rule was considered by Mrs Justice Lambert in  KD v Gaisford [2019] EWHC 3722 (QB).

"The defendant's conduct as revealed in the corre...