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PI Practitioner, July 2014

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Andrew Groarke v Cecil Fontaine [2014] EWHC 1676 (QB)

Justice and fairness required permission to be granted in a last minute application to amend a defence to plead contributory negligence.

The Claimant ('C') had been riding his motorbike when the Defendant ('D') emerged from a side road and collided with C. D denied liability and alleged that C caused the

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