DOES A PROPOSED NEW DEFENDANT HAVE TO BE GIVEN NOTICE OF THE APPLICATION TO JOIN THEM INTO THE ACTION? TWO CONTRASTING VIEWS FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL

In Noel Anthony Clarke v Guardian News & Media Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 164 the Court of Appeal considered (but did not determine) the question of whether it was mandatory to give notice of the application to join a new defendant to an existing action to the proposed defendant.  This is an "open" que...