Applications making a mockery of the case management process will not succeed (Berezovsky v Abramovich)

Table of contents

• Court details
• Facts
• Strike out application
• Comment

Article summary

The court whilst allowing a strike out application of proposed amendments to a Statement of Case, made 'staggeringly late' in the day has highlighted that in addition to considering the application before it, it will also consider how its decision will impact on the effectiveness of the case management in that case and the much wider ramifications of the administration of justice as whole and the consequences for other court users of the decision, In this case, between two Russian billionaires, the costs of the proceedings may well not be an issue but the way in which the court approaches the proceedings could set a precedent for other actions and this would have an impact on the case management of other cases in which the costs consequences of seeking to circumvent court orders and the CPR would have a much greater impact.