United Kingdom amendmentsummary judgment

Scott v Singh

[2020] EWHC 1714 (Comm)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)

Year2020

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

On an application for permission to amend a statement of case, the court asks whether the amendment introduces a new claim (which must have a real prospect of success in the summary-judgment sense), merely particularises an existing claim, or withdraws one, and must not conduct a mini-trial of the merits.

Area of Law

General

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