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Practice—Civil litigation—Relief from sanction

11 July 2014
Issue: 7614 / Categories: Case law , Law reports , In Court
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Denton and others v TH White Ltd and another; Decadent Vapours Ltd v Bevan and others; Utilise TDS Ltd v Davies and others [2014] EWCA Civ 906, [2014] All ER (D) 53 (Jul)

Court of Appeal, Civil Division, Lord Dyson MR, Jackson & Vos LJJ, 4 Jul 2014 

The Court of Appeal has given further guidance on relief from sanctions under CPR 3.9.

Richard Stead (instructed by Burges Salmon LLP) for the claimants in the first appeal. Andrew P McLaughlin (instructed by BLM LLP) for the defendant in the first appeal. Gerard Clarke & Mark Vinall (instructed by DWF LLP) for the claimant in the second appeal. Ben Blakemore (instructed by Beor Wilson Lloyd) for the defendants in the second appeal. Vikram Sachdeva & Jack Anderson (instructed by Linder Myers LLP Solicitors) for the claimant in the third appeal. David Mohyuddin & Ian Tucker (instructed by Mills & Reeve LLP) for the second defendant in the third appeal. David Holland QC (instructed by Colemans-CTTS LLP, the Bar Council & the Law Society)

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