The first defendant appealed a judgement that it was responsible to the claimant for a loan taken out by the second defendant, one of its shareholders. He had said it was for the company, and he had been found not personally responsible. Land had been purchased in the second defendant’s name, he said, only for convenience in a speedy transaction, and the charge had been executed by him for the company.
Held: The judge had evidence sufficient to establish that the land was being purchased for the first defendant. The appellants sought to introduce new evidence at appeal. The Ladd principles on admission of evidence at appeal, are that the evidence was not with reasonable diligence available for the trial; that the evidence would have an important influence, and that it was credible. In this case the evidence could have been obtained. Concentrating on the justice as between claimant and defendant, there was no purpose in relaxing that principle.
Judges:
The President, Lord Justice Potter, And, Lord Justice Kay
Citations:
[2002] EWCA Civ 161
Links:
Statutes:
Civil Procedure Rules 52.11(2)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Applied – Ladd v Marshall CA 29-Nov-1954
Conditions for new evidence on appeal
At the trial, the wife of the appellant’s opponent said she had forgotten certain events. After the trial she began divorce proceedings, and informed the appellant that she now remembered. He sought either to appeal admitting fresh evidence, or for . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Company, Land, Evidence, Civil Procedure Rules
Updated: 05 June 2022; Ref: scu.167633