EXTENSION OF TIME GRANTED AND HEARING PUT BACK BECAUSE OF COVID-19 PROBLEMS: THE RELEVANT PRINCIPLES CONSIDERED

In Muncipio De Mariana & Ors v BHP Group Plc [2020] EWHC 928 (TCC) HHJ Eyre QC allowed the defendants extra time to serve evidence because of the coronavirus crisis and a hearing date was put back.  There is an interesting discussion of the relevant principles the courts consider when considerin...