Split trial was disproportionate

DHL Air Ltd v Wells CA TLR 14 November

The judge should have dealt with a claim in the region of £13,000 within the spirit of the Civil Procedure Rules and not spent a day considering the issues as to liability only in a split trial. He should have taken a more modern view and, having ascertained what the issues were, proceeded with the case, as to both liability and quantum, in a more economical way.