Ord and another v Belhaven Pubs Ltd

Source:	All England Reporter
Publisher Citation:	[1998] All ER (D) 56
Court:	Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:	Hobhouse, Brooke LJJ and Sir John Balcombe
Representation	Michael Ashe QC and Richard Wilson (instructed by Wilson Browne, Northants) for the plaintiffs.
	John Brisby QC and Barry Stancombe (instructed by Belmont Hodgson) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates:	13 February 1998

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Practice - Parties - Substitution - Substitution of defendant - Plaintiff seeking to substitute holding company for subsidiary which had ceased to trade - Whether substitution could be ordered - RSC Ord 15, r 7.

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