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Negligence claim to proceed despite thirteen-year delay
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High Court refuses to dismiss a negligence and breach of contract case concerning improperly installed windows and doors, despite a thirteen-year delay since proceedings began, on the grounds that although the delay was both inordinate and inexcusable, the defendants failed to demonstrate sufficient prejudice to justify dismissal.
Negligence - breach of contract - window and door installation - inordinate delay - inexcusable delay - prejudice - Primor principles - Cave Projects v. Kelly - dismissal of proceedings - case management - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 - stay of execution - costs order - High Court - trial readiness.
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