Bangs v FM Conway Ltd

Subject Matter

PRACTICE — Claim form — Extension of time for service

[2024] EWHC 494 (Comm), KBD

PRACTICE — Case management — Relief from sanctions — Claimant failing to serve particulars of claim in time and claim struck out — Judge granting claimant’s application to set aside strike out of claim — Extent to which merits of claim should be investigated in case management decision — Whether potential injustice towards other party — Whether judge correct in granting claimant relief from sanction

[2024] EWCA Civ 1461; [2024] 4 WLR 102; [2025] 3 All ER 926; [2024] WLR(D) 521, CA

PRACTICE — Case management — Relief from sanctions — Claimant failing to serve particulars of claim in time and claim struck out — Judge granting claimant’s application to set aside strike out of claim — Whether merits of claim relevant to case management decision — Whether merits of claim relevant to application for relief from sanctions — Whether grant of relief causing injustice to defendant

[2024] EWCA Civ 1461; [2024] 4 WLR 102; [2025] 3 All ER 926; [2024] WLR(D) 521, CA

Appellate History

Commentary

Law Society Gazette
CoA rejects late claim in spite of its merits Case comment