Ernst and Young (a firm) v Butte Mining Plc, 1996 1 WLR 1605, EWCA
Citation:Ernst and Young (a firm) v Butte Mining Plc, 1996 1 WLR 1605, EWCA
Rule of thumb:If you make a clerical/human error in litigation, is your case doomed? No, Court cases cannot be won & lost on genuine human clerical errors by the other side – the decision must be allowed to be adjusted/corrected.
Judgment:
‘Even in very heated, antagonist and hostile litigations solicitors still have a duty to each other, must be scrupulously fair, and must not take advantage of obvious mistakes’.
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