| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [1997] All ER (D) 42 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Civil Division |
| Judge: | Staughton, Otton and Robert Walker LJJ |
| Representation | Richard Jacobs (instructed by Travers Smith Braithwaite) for the defendants. |
| Timothy King QC and Adrian Lyon (instructed by Hill Dickinson David Campbell, Liverpool) for the plaintiffs. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 29 October 1997 |
Catchwords
Practice - Writ served within limitation period - Writ defective because lacking particularity - Statement of claim curing defect in writ - Statement of claim served without leave after expiry of limitation period - Whether action should be struck out - RSC Ord 18, r 1, Ord 20, r 5.
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