The defendant company sought to appear by a lay representative in a small claims track case in a county court. The court did not allow that, and the only representative was a director with limited English. The company appealed.
Held: The normal rule as to representation of companies did not apply in cases allocated in this way. A corporate party was entitled, as of right, to be represented by a lay representative at the trial of a small claim in a county court, whether or not the representative was an officer or an employee of the company.
Citations:
[2003] EWCA Civ 1942, Gazette 15-Jan-2004, [2004] 1 WLR 634
Links:
Statutes:
Civil Procedure Rules 27.2(1)(h)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Contract, Civil Procedure Rules, Company
Updated: 07 September 2022; Ref: scu.193653