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High Court strikes out professional negligence claim brought against solicitors arising from allegedly bad service during personal injuries proceedings, on the grounds that the delay in the proceedings is inordinate, no good excuse has been offered for the inactivity, and the balance of justice lies in favour of dismissing the proceedings.
Application to strike-out proceedings for inordinate and inexcusable delay – professional negligence – claims that he was badly served by his solicitor in personal injuries proceedings – timeline of key events – inordinate delay - no good excuse has been offered for the inactivity – balance of justice – almost two decades since the incident – proceedings pending for five years – balance of justice in favour of dismissing the proceedings – proceedings dismissed for inordinate and inexcusable delay.
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