THE LADD -v- MARSHALL TEST: WHAT IS MEANT BY "REASONABLE DILIGENCE": A TALE OF COMPUTERS IN COURT

February 26, 2015 · by · in Appeals, Applications, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Witness statements

An appeal court will only consider new evidence on very limited grounds. The test in Ladd -v- Marshall [1954] 1 WLR 1489 is that the applicant can show that the evidence could not with reasonable diligence have been obtained for…