THE CURRENT IMPORTANCE OF PLEADINGS 21: SHOULD A PARTY BE GIVEN PERMISION TO AMEND AT A LATE STAGE? THE ISSUES CONSIDERED AND APPLIED

There are so many judgments concerning late applications to amend pleadings that, often, I decide not to write about them. There are applications to amend that are late, very late,  very, very late or "door of the court" late. The themes are common. An imminent trial, rather like the fear of death, ...