APPLICANT REFUSED PERMISSION TO RELY UPON A WITNESS STATEMENT THAT WAS SERVED LATE: NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES IS EFFECTIVELY A FORM OF CHEATING
Here we are looking at a case from the family jurisdiction. Slightly different rules apply, however the overall principles are the same as in the CPR. The judge had to consider whether to grant permission to an applicant to rely…
THE CURRENT IMPORTANCE OF PLEADINGS 28: WHY THE PROPOSED AMENDED PARTICULARS DID NOT SAVE THE CLAIMANT: “MERE ASSERTION IS NOT SUFFICIENT”
We are continuing to examine the case looked at in the previous post. The claimant, faced with an application that the amended Particulars of Claim did not comply with the requirements of a court order, or the rules, made an…
THE CURRENT IMPORTANCE OF PLEADINGS 27: CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE CLAIM STRUCK OUT BECAUSE OF INADEQUATE PARTICULARS OF CLAIM: (SOME POINTS OF IMPORTANCE FOR NON CLIN-NEG LAWYERS HERE AS WELL).
Anyone drafting, or contemplating drafting, a pleading in a clinical negligence claim (indeed any type of claim) would be best advised to read, in detail, the judgment we are considering today. The judge went through an amended Particulars of Claim…
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