DEFENDANT REFUSED PERMISSION TO RESILE FROM ADMISSION: GRANTING THE APPLICATION WOULD “REFLECT BADLY ON THE JUSTICE SYSTEM”

In  Shah v London Borough of Barnet [2021] EWHC 2631 (QB) Master Stevens refused the defendant's application for permission to resile from a pre-action admission.

"On the particular facts of this case, I believe it would reflect poorly on the justice system to allow the defendant another last "bite...