Court of Appeal allows re-opening of appeal under CPR 3.1(7) (McWilliam v Norton Finance)

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• Practical implications
• No final determination was the key component here
• Court details

Article summary

DR Analysis: the Court of Appeal has granted an application which has the effect of reopening of an appeal. In doing so the Court of Appeal considered the restrictive nature of CPR 52.17 and the possible use of CPR 3.1(7) as an alternative route to reopen an appeal.