JUDGE REFUSES PERMISSION TO A DEFENDANT TO RELY ON A WITNESS STATEMENT SERVED LATE: THE APPLICATION DID NOT FLY…

In Manchester Airport PLC & Anor v Radisson Hotel Manchester Ltd & Anor [2020] EWHC 3739 (Ch)  HHJ Halliwell refused a defendant's application to serve witness evidence late.

"There cannot be any reasonable justification for adjourning the trial to give the parties an opportunity to conside...