The Weekly Law Reports
[2007] 1 WLR 757
Queen's Bench Division
O'Byrne
v
Aventis Pasteur MSD Ltd
[2006] EWHC 2562 (QB)
2006 Oct 13;
20
Teare J
Practice
— Parties
— Substitution
— Claimant suffering severe brain damage after vaccination
— Claimant bringing action against distributor of vaccine mistakenly believing it to be manufacturer
— Distributor serving defence stating not manufacturer
— Claimant applying after expiry of limitation period to substitute manufacturer for distributor as defendant
— Whether distributor's name given “in mistake”
— Whether substitution “necessary for determination of original action”
— Whether substitution to be allowed
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Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), s. 35(4)(5)(6)