Finnegan v Parkside Health Authority

[1998] Lloyd's Rep Med 149

COURT OF APPEAL

Lord Justice HIRST, and Lord Justice MANTELL

Procedure — Delay — Dismissal for want of prosecution — Appeal against dismissal not lodged in time — Application for leave to appeal dismissed — Decision by recorder that, in absence of explanation of delay during crucial period, there was no material on which court could exercise discretion in plaintiff's favour, so that any question of prejudice, even if minimal or non-existent, was immaterial