The court considered an appeal against directions given where a party was not legally represented, and otherwise properly unable to attend personally on an as of right renewed application for leave to appeal. The judge had ordered for the appeal not to be allowed to go ahead unless onle at least of the parties attended in person.
Held: The judge’s direction was too restrictive. It was appropriate for the judge to list it for consideration by a different judge on the papers.
Judges:
Lord Dyson MR, Richards LJ
Citations:
[2012] EWCA Civ 1734, [2013] CP Rep 25, [2013] 1 WLR 717, [2012] WLR(D) 395
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Litigation Practice
Updated: 12 November 2022; Ref: scu.467187