Wagenaar v Weekend Travel Ltd

(Transcript of the Handed Down Judgment of WordWave International Limited A Merrill Communications Company 165 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2DY Tel No: 020 7404 1400, Fax No: 020 7831 8838 Official Shorthand Writers to the Court)

Mr Andrew Eaton Hart (instructed by Blake Lapthorn) for the Claimant Mr Mark Cannon QC and Mr Andrew R. Nicol (instructed by Stones Solicitors LLP) for the Defendant Mr Howard Palmer QC and Ms Lucy Wyles (instructed by Pierre Thomas & Partners) for the Third Party Hearing date: 23rd July 2014 ____________________

i) Rule 2.3(1) provides that: ""claim for personal injuries" means proceedings in which there is a claim for damages in respect of personal injuries to the claimant or any other person or in respect of a person's death, and "personal injuries" includes any disease and any impairment of a person's physical or mental condition".

ii) Rule 20.2(1) provides that: "[t]his Part applies to � (a) a counterclaim by a defendant against the claimant and some other person; (b) an additional claim by a defendant against any person (whether or not already a party) for contribution or indemnity or some other remedy �".

iii) Rule 20.2(2) provides that: "[i]n these Rules � (a) "additional claim" means any claim other than the claim by the claimant against the defendant; and (b) unless the context requires otherwise, references to a claimant or defendant include a party bringing or defending an additional claim".