United Kingdom extension of timeserviceparticulars of claim

Totty v Snowden

[2001] EWCA Civ 1415; [2002] 1 WLR 1384

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)

Year2001

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Where a claim form has been served within time but the particulars of claim have not, the court has a discretion under the CPR (rr.3.1(2)(a)/3.10) to extend time and cure the default, to be exercised in accordance with the overriding objective.

Area of Law

General

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