header-logo header-logo

Employment

27 September 2013
Issue: 7577 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
printer mail-detail

Johnson v Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council [2013] All ER (D) 187 (Sep)

It was well established that it was a critical aspect of fairness that a party should know the case it had to meet. It was also a central tenet of justice that disputes should be heard where a fair hearing was possible and cases should not lightly be ruled out on a procedural technicality without determination on the merits. One way in which case management powers could be exercised in such a case would be to order particulars of the claim or response to be given.  If they were not given in response to such an order, whether through misunderstanding, mental illness, lack of awareness of that which the other party would need to meet the claim or response, or a deliberate refusal or failure to comply, an “unless order” might be made.  If such an order was not complied with within its terms by the date set out in the order, the claim or response would stand struck out without the need for any further

If you are not a subscriber, subscribe now to read this content
If you are already a subscriber sign in
...or Register for two weeks' free access to subscriber content

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
back-to-top-scroll