COURT OF APPEAL FIND THAT CLAIMANT’S ACTION AGAINST “WRONG” DEFENDANT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN STRUCK OUT: PERMISSION TO AMEND THE CLAIM SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN

I am grateful to barrister James Patience for sending me a copy of the Court of Appeal judgment in ELYSA ALTON  and - POWSZECHNY ZAKLAD UBEZPIECZEN [2024] EWCA Civ 1435. The Court of Appeal upheld the decision of a Circuit Judge who stated that a claimant's action against a foreign insurer should no...