Application was made to set aside a leave to appeal in a case where the liquidators of the collapsed bank brought professional negligence claims against its auditors.
Held: The power to set aside leave is only to be exercised where some decisive authority has been overlooked so that the appeal is bound to fail, or where the court has been misled.
Judges:
Laws LJ, Jonathan Parker LJ
Citations:
[2002] EWCA Civ 1155
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Agbaje v Akinnoye-Agbaje SC 10-Mar-2010
The parties had divorced in Nigeria, but the former wife now sought relief in the UK under section 10 of the 194 Act. The wife said that she lived here, but the order made in Nigeria was severely detrimental requiring her either to live here in . .
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Professional Negligence, Litigation Practice
Updated: 23 June 2022; Ref: scu.217359