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Civil way: 14 June 2024

14 June 2024 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8075 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , Family , Employment
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Warehousing; New code for employers; Spoofing exposed; Latest FPR PD update; Divorce glitch

LAWBITES

Grovit back The warehousing of a claim will get you into trouble. If you still want to try it, unilaterally decide not to pursue an issued claim for a substantial period of time, even if you remain intent on pursuit at some future point. This is an abuse and good for striking out. Remember Grovit v Doctor [1997] 2 All ER 417 HL said so. In Watford Control Instruments Ltd v Brown [2024] EWHC 1125 (Ch), Mr Justice Richards held that strike out remained the proportionate sanction unless compelling reasons to the contrary were shown. The CPR did not throw overboard the judgments in Grovit or those of the Court of

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