07 October 2016
Lokhova v Longmuir [2016] EWHC 1977 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 201 (Jul)
The Queen’s Bench Division allowed the defendant’s appeal against the master’s decision, rescinding her direction releasing to a judge the claimant’s application to amend her particulars of claim in libel proceedings. The application should more properly be heard by a puisne judge, as the legal issues raised upon the application were of importance, were not straightforward and the master’s decision had not fully grappled with the likely complexities.
