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Don't Over-React To Minor Mistakes


 
Judge Too Hard In Striking Out Claim After Lawyer's Mistake
Southwark London Borough Council v Onayomake
CA
19 October 2007
Weekly Law Notes Summary

It was a disproportionate exercise of power to strike out a defence and counterclaim based on substantial grounds in a possession action merely because the defendant’s legal representative had failed to file a check list and had been late for the court management hearing to explain the failure.

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