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LATE AMENDMENT OF PARTICULARS OF CLAIM NOT PERMITTED: HIGH COURT DECISION TODAY

November 25, 2016 · by gexall · in Adjournments, Amendment, Applications, Limitation, Members Content, Uncategorized

In a judgment today  in Henderson -v- Dorset Healthcare University Foundation NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 3032 (QB) Mr Justice Warby refused a claimant’s application to amend the Particulars of Claim.  The judgment covers a number of points. In particular it…

BUNDLES EXHIBITS AND PAGINATION: AVOIDING COSTLY MISTAKES

BUNDLES EXHIBITS AND PAGINATION: AVOIDING COSTLY MISTAKES

June 16, 2016 · by gexall · in Adjournments, Applications, Bundles, Members Content, Uncategorized, Witness statements

I have given up being surprised that the post on trial bundles and Sedley’s Law is the most read post on this blog.  Day after day, month after month, it draws a regular readership. However, in practical terms, it is…

THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION TO ADJOURN CANNOT BE IGNORED

May 5, 2016 · by gexall · in Adjournments, Appeals, Civil Procedure, Expert evidence, Members Content, Uncategorized

A post last week noted the decision of the Court of Appeal in TBO Investments Ltd -v- Mohun Smith EWCA Civ 403 where the court stated that an application under CPR 39.3 should have been allowed when a defendant failed…

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