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In re Grosvenor Hotel, London (No 2): CA 1964

Lord Denning MR said that the Rules Committee ‘can make rules for regulating and prescribing the procedure and practice of the Court, but cannot alter the rules of evidence.’ Public policy protects against disclosure any documents which relate to the framing of government policy at a high level.
The Rules of the Supreme Court cannot change the substantive law unless expressly permitted so to do by statute.
Lord Denning MR, Salmon LJ
[1965] Ch 1210, [1964] 3 All ER 354
England and Wales
Cited by:
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CitedDunhill v Burgin SC 12-Mar-2014
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The Court was asked ‘First, what is the test for deciding whether a person lacks the mental capacity to conduct legal proceedings on her own behalf (in which case the Civil Procedure Rules require that she has a litigation friend to conduct the . .

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Updated: 04 August 2021; Ref: scu.372591 br>

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