Stoke on Trent City Council v Walley: CA 31 Jul 2006

Does the court have jurisdiction to enter judgment for a claimant in reliance on an admission made by a defendant before the commencement of the action, which the defendant has subsequently withdrawn.

Judges:

Brooke LJ, Smith LJ, Wall LJ

Citations:

[2006] EWCA Civ 1137, Times 25-Aug-2006, [2007] 1 WLR 352

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedWoodland v Stopford and Others CA 16-Mar-2011
The claimant appealed against a decision allowing a defendant to withdraw an admission of liability. As a child she had got into difficulties during a class swimming lesson, and had ceased to breathe leaving her with catastrophic hypoxic brain . .
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Litigation Practice

Updated: 19 November 2022; Ref: scu.244104