Sanctions: Persuading a judge to strike the claim out

Francesca O’Neill warns that failure to comply with procedural steps can have severe consequences ‘Not only did the judge in C v AXS accept that the decision in AEI was persuasive and strike the claim out, she was also persuaded to make a costs order on the indemnity basis – and order the claimant’s solicitors …
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Service: Life after Mitchell?

Maura McIntosh reports on a recent decision in the Commercial Court ‘CPR 3.10 was to be “construed as of wide effect so as to be available to be used beneficially wherever the defect has had no prejudicial effect on the other party”.’In what may be seen as a surprising decision, the Commercial Court has treated …
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