I am sure that our eminent housing bloggers and commentators will write about the important substantive judgment in the case of Rosebery Housing Association Ltd v Williams & Anor [2021] EW Misc 22 (CC). However this blog deals with only one element: the overburdening of the trial judge with authorities.
THE CASE
HHJ Luba QC was considering an (unsuccessful) application by the claimant for possession and a (successful) counterclaim for damages for discrimination.
THE AUTHORITIES BUNDLE
7. For the trial, the Court was provided with a two-volume Trial Bundle exceeding 1500 pages of documents. Footnote references in this judgment are to the pagination in that bundle. A further Supplementary Bundle was adduced at trial. In addition, each counsel provided full and helpful skeleton arguments. Less helpful was the provision of a Joint Bundle of Authorities and Materials containing 35 items over more than 350 pages. Although reduced at the insistence of the Court to a Core Authorities Bundle, that still had 25 items over almost 200 pages. Undaunted by the glut of material already put before the Court, counsels’ closing submissions referred to yet further material not in either bundle. This must not be repeated in any future county court trial in this class of case.
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