United Kingdom

Daimler Co Ltd v Leiduck

[1996] 1 WLR 284 (PC) (relief-from-sanction line as applied in HK CJR practice)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

Year1996

Statusunclear

Key Principle

Relief from sanction is a structured discretion in which proportionality and the interests of justice are weighty factors under the CJR underlying objectives.

Area of Law

Civil Procedure — relief from sanction

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