THE CURRENT IMPORTANCE OF PLEADINGS 33: COURT OF APPEAL UPHOLDS STRIKING OUT OF SCHEDULE OF DAMAGES: “OVER-COMPLICATED”, “UNCLEAR”. “LACKING IN THE MOST BASIC INFORMATION NECESSARY” (OH AND MANY OF THE CLAIMS WERE UNPLEADED…)

It is rare for a schedule of damages to come under close scrutiny prior to the trial itself.   Here the Court of Appeal upheld a decision to strike out large parts of the appellants' claim for damages.  Many of the claims were not pleaded in the Particulars of Claim, some were wholly unparticularise...