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Supreme Court decision confirms second attempt at relief from sanctions will be uphill battle
The Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Appeal's decision overturning the grant of a second application for relief from sanctions for failure to …
Court of Appeal underlines high hurdle to overturn decisions re strike out or relief from sanctions
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against a High Court decision refusing to strike out a claim for procedural failures even though, in the …
Supreme Court clarifies scope of "assets" covered by a freezing order
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court has confirmed that the right to draw down under loan agreements is caught by the expanded definition of …
Relief from sanctions: how far has the pendulum swung back?
In recent months we have seen a number of decisions which show a greater willingness to grant relief from sanctions for breaches of rules and …
Party in breach of unless order for disclosure due to failures in OCR process
The High Court has held that claimant liquidators were in breach of an "unless order" for disclosure where the low quality of OCR copies of scanned …
Dangers of filing further acknowledgement of service when appealing jurisdiction judgment
The Court of Appeal has held that filing a further acknowledgement of service following an unsuccessful jurisdiction challenge amounts to submission to …
Establishing "good reason" for breach of order following change of solicitors may require waiver of privilege
The High Court has extended a witness statement deadline, where a party was in breach of the previous timetable, but refused to vacate …
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