A DEFENDANT WHO DOES NOT ATTEND TRIAL CANNOT SIMPLY TURN THE CLOCK BACK: COURT OF APPEAL REFUSES APPLICATION UNDER CPR 39.3

In Mabrouk v Murray [2022] EWCA Civ 960 the Court of Appeal refused the defendant's application for permission to appeal in a case where the defendant failed to attend the trial.   The Court of Appeal dismissed the application under CPR 39.3, under the Denton principles and on its "merits".   The ju...