CIVIL PROCEDURE BACK TO BASICS 91: MAKE SURE YOUR CLIENT IS STILL ALIVE WHEN YOU ISSUE – AT CERTAINLY AT THE TIME OF TRIAL: A SITUATION THAT IS UTTERLY BIZARRE

The facts in  Amirtharaja & Anor v White & Anor [2021] EWHC 330 (Ch) are unusual to say the least.  Someone who had died two years prior to issue was included as a party in a claim form. The matter went to trial and nobody mentioned the death to the judge. However this comes back, most proba...