Vicki Swanton on striking out a plaintiff's claim. Vicki Swanton is a solicitor at healthcare solicitors The Lewington Partnership.
In the case of O’Grady v Worcestershire Health Authority, Judge McEvoy upheld the decision of Deputy District Judge Williams, striking out the plaintiff’s not insubstantial claim for want of prosecution following an accident at work in May 1988. Proceedings were commenced on the deadline of the limitation period but the plaintiff’s representatives failed to progress […]