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M.V. Yorke Motors v Edwards

[1982] 1 WLR 444
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year1982
Statusunclear

Key Principle

The court should not impose a condition of leave to defend that the defendant cannot fulfil; difficulty is not enough — the condition must be impossible.

Area of Law

Civil Procedure — summary judgment conditional leave

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