Mistakes in Naming Defendant Rectifiable Late

Substituting Defendant After Mistake
O’Byrne v Aventis Pasteur MSD Ltd [2006] EWHC 2562 (QB)
QBD
20 October 2006
Daily Law Notes Summary
Where a new party was to be substituted for a party whose name
had been given in a claim in the original action in mistake for
the new party’s name then substitution was to be regarded as
necessary for the determination of the original action.

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