| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2001] All ER (D) 189 (Jul) |
| Court: | Chancery Division |
| Judge: | Ferris J |
| Representation | Andrew Bullock (instructed by Toller Hales & Collcutt) for the claimants. |
| The defendant appeared in person. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 16 July 2001 |
Catchwords
Probate - Action - Compromise of action - Defendant subsequently refusing to be bound by consent order - Whether binding agreement reached between parties - CPR PD 49, 12.2.
The Case
There was nothing in CPR PD49 12.2, which prevented a settlement in a probate action, whose terms, as in the instant case, were unproblematic, from being a binding agreement prior to court approval.
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