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American Leisure Group Ltd v Olswang LLP

[2015] EWHC 629 (Ch)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court (Chancery Division)
Year2015
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

The jurisdiction under CPR 19.5(3)(a) to substitute a party named by mistake after the end of the limitation period is narrow: a claimant who issues proceedings on the eve of limitation but mis-names the defendant runs a serious risk of being refused substitution of the correct defendant.

Area of Law

General

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