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An unless order required a witness statement by 4 pm Friday; it was served on Monday, so the witness evidence is excluded unless relief is granted. Before applying Denton, identify the source and nature of the deadline, the precise breach, the operative sanction, and the relief and extension now sought.
You appear for a tenant seeking relief after serving a witness statement two days late. Trial is four months away, no dependent deadline or hearing has moved, and the landlord still has 21 days to serve responsive evidence. Apply Denton stage one by explaining whether this breach is serious or significant and why.
Server records show a filing outage during the final two hours before a deadline; the solicitor's statement records three failed uploads, email notice to the opponent and successful filing next morning. Use that evidence to explain causation, the steps taken during and after the outage, and why a good reason remains only one part of Denton.
Disclosure was four days late, but the applicant had already missed two directions, waited three weeks to seek relief and left the opponent six weeks before trial to revise expert preparation. For the respondent, show how compliance history, application delay, hidden preparation effects and the approaching trial strengthen opposition at Denton stage three.
You appear for a defendant seeking relief after serving a witness statement two days late because of ordinary workload. It cured the breach and applied the next morning; trial is five months away and no date has moved. The judge says, 'Office pressure is not a good reason.' Accept that point and complete the Denton analysis.
You appear for a defendant seeking relief for a late witness statement. The claimant needs seven extra days for its responsive statement, but the fixed trial date can remain. Propose conditions that cure the timetable pressure, secure compliance, preserve trial and deal with the costs of the default.
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