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KING'S BENCH DIVISION
PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT REGISTRY
SITTING IN THE COUNTY COURT AT NORWICH
B e f o r e :
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(1) ABBOTSLEY LIMITED (2) VIVIEN INEZ SAUNDERS |
Claimants |
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(1) PHEASANTLAND LIMITED (2) KEITH MALCOLM BLACKALL (3) CHRISTINA BLACKALL (4) JOHN ALAN GEARING (5) VIRGINIA LYNN MELESI (6) STEPHEN JOHN NEWLAND (7) LAURENCE ANTONY HONEYWILL (8) DARREN HONEYWILL (9) ALAN JAMES STEELE (10) VALERIE ANNE HOLLIMAN (11) JOY CARROLL SEILLER (12) NEIL RAYMOND WARREN (Deceased) (13) JEREMY CHARLES IAN BRINDLEY (14) A PERSON KNOWN AS COLM |
Defendant |
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RICHARD BOTTOMLEY (instructed by DEBENHAMS OTTAWAY LLP) for the FIRST DEFENDANT
MOHAMMED HAFIAZ (of LEEDS DAY) for the FIFTH DEFENDANT AND THIRTEENTH DEFENDANT
SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH AND NINTH DEFENDANTS IN PERSON
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HER HONOUR JUDGE KAREN WALDEN-SMITH:
(i) The court dispenses with the obligation on the parties in the consolidated claims to re-draft their statements of case;
(ii) The consolidated claims shall comprise the Claimants and all the Defendants in both claims save for the Thirteenth Defendant whose trial shall be dealt with separately.
(iii) The trial of the consolidated claims shall be listed for 15 days commence on 29 April 2025 and to be listed through to 23 May 2025 (save for a carve-out for Counsel's convenience);
(iv) The part of the consolidated claims involving the Thirteenth Defendant is to be dealt with at the end of the 15-day matter will be heard on 27th and 28th May 2025.
Costs
13. The power to order a litigant in person to file and exchange costs budgets is contained in CPR r. 3.13(3)(a): "the court may, on its initiative or application order the parties …". CPR r. 3.13(3)(b) makes it mandatory to file and exchange costs budgets if all parties consent to an application for such an order for costs. The defendants sought such an order, the second claimant (acting on behalf of herself and the first claimant) did not object to such an order. I did not take that as being an application consented to by all parties (although it strikes me that it could have been viewed in that way) but a matter where I needed to consider the exercise of my discretion.
(i) The first defendant and the fifth and thirteenth defendants are to provide to the court and to the other parties updated and revised schedule H reports by no later than 4pm on 10 February 2025. The claimants are to provide to the court and to the other parties summary costs reports setting out the phases of work, as set out in a Schedule H, and including details of disbursements and litigant in person costs.
(ii) The claimants, the first defendant and the fifth and thirteenth defendants are to provide completed budget discussion reports in Precedent R by no later than 4pm on 13 February 2025.
(iii) The claimant is to provide a bundle of documents containing the updated and revised Schedule H reports and summary and Precedent Rs for the use of the court by 9am on 17 February 2025.