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COURT OF APPEAL REFUSES PERMISSION FOR APPELLANT TO AMEND PLEADINGS OR RELY ON NEW EVIDENCE: GET YOUR CASE TOGETHER BEFORE AN APPLICATION NOT AFTER IT...

COURT OF APPEAL REFUSES PERMISSION FOR APPELLANT TO AMEND PLEADINGS OR RELY ON NEW EVIDENCE: GET YOUR CASE TOGETHER BEFORE AN APPLICATION NOT AFTER IT…

January 5, 2026 · by gexall · in Amendment, Appeals, Applications, Avoiding negligence claims, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Striking out, Summary judgment, Witness statements

In this judgment today the Court of Appeal refused an application by an appellant to rely on amended Particulars of Claim or adduce new evidence in a case where the claim was struck out. The Court made the point that…

THE CURRENT IMPORTANCE OF PLEADINGS 45:   THE PARTICULARS OF CLAIM SHOWED NO ARGUABLE CAUSE OF ACTION AND WERE STRUCK OUT

THE CURRENT IMPORTANCE OF PLEADINGS 45: THE PARTICULARS OF CLAIM SHOWED NO ARGUABLE CAUSE OF ACTION AND WERE STRUCK OUT

January 5, 2026 · by gexall · in Applications, Avoiding negligence claims, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Statements of Case, Striking out

Here we have an example of a case where the allegations against the proposed (Part 20) defendant were inadequately pleaded. So inadequate that the judge struck out the particulars and refused the applicant’s permission to rely on amended particulars (which…

CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE CORNER 6 : CAUSATION WHEN THE INJURIES OCCURRED BEFORE THE NEGLIGENCE: THE BREACHES MADE NO DIFFERENCE TO THE OUTCOME

CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE CORNER 6 : CAUSATION WHEN THE INJURIES OCCURRED BEFORE THE NEGLIGENCE: THE BREACHES MADE NO DIFFERENCE TO THE OUTCOME

January 5, 2026 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Clinical Negligence, Members Content

Practitioners in every field of litigation need to be aware of the need to prove causation in addition to breach.  This requirement can sound particularly harshly in clinical negligence.  We see an example here.  There were some breaches of the…

BACK TO BASICS MONDAY: MAKING APPLICATIONS: WORDING AND TIMING

BACK TO BASICS MONDAY: MAKING APPLICATIONS: WORDING AND TIMING

January 5, 2026 · by gexall · in Applications, Avoiding negligence claims, Civil Procedure, Members Content

Last week we looked a case where the parties to a day long application had incurred costs over of £1.3 million.  That case emphasises that applications can be expensive. Further they can sometimes be expensive, leaving the applicant in a…

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