DEFENDANT GIVEN PERMISSION TO WITHDRAW FROM ADMISSIONS: THE SOLICITORS CONDUCT WAS A “MATTER OF VERY REAL CONCERN” – BUT THE APPLICATION WAS GRANTED

Applications to withdraw from admissions often give rise to controversy.  Here a defendant to a clinical negligence made such an application very late and on the grounds that there had been a change of expert and thus a change of expert view.  Despite the judge's criticism of the way in which the de...