“…serious allegations made against professional people. Not only is this not a case in which a trial date will be lost, but (unlike, say, Hague Plant Ltd v Hague [2014] EWCA Civ 1609, [2015] CP Rep 14) it is not one in which the amendments will cause substantial duplication of cost and effort: disclosure has not taken place and, as the judg…”
“…As Coulson J said in CIP, citing Briggs LJ in Hague Plant v Hague [2014] EWCA Civ 1609 (see CIP para 18), lateness is a relative concept. In other words an amendment made early in the absolute frame of reference of the proceedings may nevertheles…”
“…See, to similar effect, the statements by Christopher Clarke LJ in Hague Plant v Hague[2014] EWCA Civ 1609 at [76] and [78], and by Cockerill J in her judgment in the Conspiracy Claim at paragraphs 148-150.…”