Amending a statement of case—illustrative decisions

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Practice notes

Amending a statement of case—illustrative decisions

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Practice notes
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This Practice Note should be considered in conjunction with Practice Notes: Amending a Statement of case—introduction, Amending a statement of case—permission to amend and Amending a statement of case—cost implications.

This table focuses on illustrative decisions regarding the court’s general approach to Applications to amend statements of case under CPR 17. For cases dealing specifically with the issue of ‘late’ and ‘very late’ amendments’, see Practice Notes: Late amendments to statements of case—the court's approach and Late amendments to statements of case—illustrative decisions.

Case details and analysisIssues considered
A balancing act
Steenbok Newco 10 SARL v Formal Holdings Ltd [2024] EWHC 1160 (Comm)Although this was an (unsuccessful) application for permission to amend considered by the judge to be ‘very late’, paras [8]–[31] of the judgment considered the more general principles applicable with regard to CPR 17.3, which of note, include:—at para [13]: so far as fairness is concerned, it is recognised that amendments can be made to ‘catch up’ with disclosure where the proposed amendments could not have been made sooner (Various
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Statement of case definition
What does Statement of case mean?

Formal court documents setting out a party's case. They include claim form; particulars of claim; defence; reply to defence; Part 20 claims and further information under CPR Pt 18.

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