COMMERCIAL LITIGATORS ON THE NAUGHTY STEP 4: WHY IS PD57AC BREACHED SO OFTEN? “SOLICITORS MIGHT FEEL UNDER PRESSURE TO SIGN CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE … EVEN WHEN THEY KNOW THAT STATEMENTS WERE NOT COMPLIANT…”

There has a been a regular flow of cases where the courts have commented that PD57AC is not been complied with, "more honoured in the breach than the observance", was noted in one judgment.   Given that these are the Commercial Courts and, on the whole, the litigants are well-resourced and their law...