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Ronald Harry Bailey (by his sister & litigation friend Janet Ashton) v Matthew George Warren

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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Ronald Harry Bailey (by his sister & litigation friend Janet Ashton) v Matthew George Warren
   
Issue: Whether a judge had erred in finding that a litigant was not a patient at the time an agreement on liability was reached, but was a patient for the purposes of arguments as to quantum; whether the test of capacity in relation to litigation should be applied separately to liability and quantum; whether the agreement on liability should be approved in any event.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   B3/2005/0798/PTA+A, B3/2005/0798(A)FC3
   
Neutral Citation:   [2006] EWCA Civ 51
   
Judge(s): Ward, Arden and Hallett LJJ
   
Date: 7 February 2006