A LITIGANT CAN “APPEAR” AT A SMALL CLAIMS TRACK HEARING BY THEIR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE: COURT OF APPEAL DECISION

In Owen v Black Horse Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 325 the Court of Appeal allowed the claimant's appeal.   The claim had been struck out at the start of a Small Claims Track hearing on the grounds that attendance by the claimant's legal representative did not amount to attendance by the claimant in accordan...