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Harris v Bolt Burdon
Harris v Bolt Burdon (a firm) [2000] EWCA Civ 3037; [2000] CP Rep 70
Key Principle
Under the Civil Procedure Rules the court's power to strike out for failure to comply with rules, directions or orders and for inordinate and inexcusable delay is exercised by reference to the overriding objective rather than solely the pre-CPR want-of-prosecution jurisprudence.
Area of Law
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