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Pleading a claim on an extrapolated basis is not an abuse of process (Building Design Partnership Ltd v Standard Life Assurance Ltd)

Published on: 07 December 2021

Table of contents

  • What are the practical implications of this case?
  • What was the background?
  • What did the court decide?
  • The test
  • Application of the test
  • Case details

Article summary

Dispute Resolution analysis: The Court of Appeal refused a professional consultant’s appeal against a refusal to strike out and/or grant summary judgment against a pleading which advanced a case against that professional pleaded by way of sampling and extrapolation. Written by John Denis-Smith, barrister at 39 Essex Chambers.

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