United Kingdom

Swain-Mason v Mills & Reeve LLP

[2011] EWCA Civ 14

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

Year2011

Statusunclear

Key Principle

Amendments introducing a new claim after limitation expiry require close analysis of CPR 17.4 and whether the new claim arises from substantially the same facts.

Area of Law

Civil Procedure — amendment-limitation

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