A SPLIT TRIAL IS NOT ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA: ORDERS MADE WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS CAN PROVE TO BE A COSTLY EXERCISE

In Mather v Ministry of Defence [2021] EWHC 811 (QB) Mr Justice Freedman refused the claimant's application for a split trial.

 
"The law reports are littered with cases where a preliminary issue seemed a good cost-saving exercise, but where not sufficient attention was given to the consequenc...