Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 28 February 1985.
1. The situation which arises after the formal banding down of my judgment in this case is that, as I have already described in the final paragraph of my written judgment, that an action which began against both the Defendants in the 26th April 1980 and is today, some 4 years and 10 months old, is an action which still has at this stage no Statement of Claim. That has not always been the position but that is the position now. The action has had a life of nearly 5 years and now has no Statement o