OEM Plc v Schneider & Ors

Mr Alan Boyle QC and Mr Daniel Lightman (instructed by Goldkorn Mathias Gentle) for the Claimant Mr Romi Tager QC and Mr Hugh Jackson (instructed by Class Law) for the Second Defendant Ms Deborah Taylor (instructed by Rubinstein Philips) for the Third Defendant Hearing dates: 18th & 19th May 2005 ____________________

i) An application by the Claimant pursuant to directions given by Deputy Master Rhys on 4 th March 2005 requiring it to serve any application notice to amend its particulars of claim by 11 th March 2005, which was duly done.

ii) An application by the Second Defendant Mrs Theresa Anne Schneider issued as recently as Monday 16 th May 2005 for an order requiring the Claimant to provide certain information sought by-part 18 requests for further information served on 8 th March 2005 and 16 th May 2005. It will be observed that the Second Defendant issued her application on the same day a letter requesting the information was sent.

iii) An application by the Third Defendant issued on 5 th May 2005 for an order that the Claimant supplies within seven days from the date of the Court Order clarification and information as requested by the Third Defendant in its further request for information and in default that the Claimant's claim can be struck out and 3 further heads of relief which I shall say nothing more about save to observe that Ms Taylor who appears for the Third Defendant conceded that the relief sought was ambitious.