CASES TAKEN OUT OF THE LIST AT THE LAST MINUTE BECAUSE OF “LACK OF JUDICIAL TIME”: WHAT ARE THE CAUSES? YOU BE THE JUDGE
Not for the first time I return to the matter of hearings being taken out of the list at the very last moment. This is a longstanding problem that is getting worse. There were reports last week of two sets…
TELEPHONE HEARINGS WHEN COUNSEL WON’T ANSWER THE TELEPHONE: THE UNHAPPY LORD JUSTICE
There is a short judgment recently arrived on BAILLI which fits in well with the earlier post about telephone and electronic hearings. In Nixon & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 2694 Lord Justice…
BAD WEATHER MEANT COURT SHOULD HAVE GRANTED AN ADJOURNMENT: THE RELEVANT PRINCIPLES CONSIDERED
In Pari-Jones v CPS [2018] EWHC 3482 (Admin) the Administrative Court allowed an appeal against a decision not to adjourn a trial. The magistrates’ court simply went ahead without referring to any of the relevant legal principles. Although these were criminal…
LISTING IN THE COUNTY COURT: AN EVERY DAY STORY OF EVER DAY FOLK: “WE’VE GOT NO JUDGES”
Problems with listing are one of the hidden problems of civil procedure. Hearings are listed and then pulled out at the last moment, often after the parties have arrived at court. This is an issue that should be publicised. It…
JUDGE WAS WRONG NOT TO GRANT ADJOURNMENT ON THE GROUNDS OF ILL HEALTH AND TO REFUSE TO SET ASIDE SUBSEQUENT JUDGMENT
In Solanki v Intercity Telecom Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 101 today the Court of Appeal overturned a decision discussed on this blog in 2015. The Court found that a judge should have granted a defendant an adjournment on ill-health grounds. He…
I WANT AN ADJOURNMENT BECAUSE I’M ILL: AN APPLICATION NOT GUARANTEED BE SUCCESSFUL
The issue of adjournments because of ill-health is one of the most common search terms that leads to this blog. (I am not certain whether to be surprised at this or not). For those searching today the relevant principles are…
ADJOURNMENTS, ILL HEALTH, FAIRNESS AND THE DENTON PRINCIPLES: COURT OF APPEAL UPHOLDS CASE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
In Dove -v- London Borough of Havering [2017] EWCA Civ 156 the Court of Appeal considered a number of procedural issues prior to giving judgment on the substantive point. The defendants argued that they should have been granted an adjournment of…
LATE SKELETON ARGUMENTS, ADJOURNMENTS AND THE OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE
In Owgilo -v- The General Medical Council [2017] EWHC 419(Admin) Mr Justice Dove considered the situation when a witness statement was served late and the applicant requested an adjournment. The overriding objective played a prominent part in the decisions made….
THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION TO ADJOURN CANNOT BE IGNORED
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…
ADJOURNMENTS AND DISCRETION: DECISION NOT TO ADJOURN BANKRUPTCY PETITION UPHELD BY THE COURT OF APPEAL
In Edginton -v- Sekhon [2015] EWCA Civ 816 the Court of Appeal refused to overturn the judge’s decision not to adjourn a bankruptcy petition. “Delay is inimical to all forms of litigation and especially so in a collective enforcement process…