IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM THE CENTRAL LONDON COUNTY COURT
(HIS HONOUR JUDGE HALLGARTEN QC)
Strand London WC2A 2LL |
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B e f o r e :
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DAVID LOUIS BROWN | ||
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ALAN EDWARDS & CO |
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Smith Bernal Reporting Limited, 190 Fleet Street,
London EC4A 2AG
Tel: 020 7421 4040 Fax: 020 7831 8838
Official Shorthand Writers to the Court)
The Respondent did not attend and was not represented.
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"In respect to the case against my previous landlords, I am instructing John Gillman of Powell Spencer & Partners as of today ..."
"I have not yet found another solicitor. You are still under an obligation to take instructions from me. .... Unfortunately you have told me this after I have told the court you are no longer my solicitor and have signed something to that effect. But that can be rectified. Please phone me urgently about this."
"That seems to have been an attempt by the claimant to get Mrs Mullally interested in the case again, but she was not."
"Would all concerned please note that until further notice I, David Brown, will be conducting my own case."
"I can confirm that Judge Hammerton did not refuse you leave to mend your particulars of claim."
"I know what he said. He used some abusive language and threatened to kill you."
"....and then the tape continues with your being attacked by Mr Mojzesz with a crowbar and what have you."
"The tapes suggest that the alleged assault was instigated by Mr Brown himself."
"He [Mr Brown] pressed me to hear the tape recording, but it was heard by District Judge Lightman and it was heard by Mr Soor. Mr Soor reached the conclusion that it did not point to any case against the [Mojzesz]. In any event the District Judge held that it was, at best, inconclusive. So it is therefore very difficult to say that had the tape been before the Assistant Recorder, such somehow would have assisted the claimant to win the day."
"We have been informed that the person dealing with the dispatch of audio tapes has been away for some time and it appears too that noone else appears to be dealing with clients' tape requests in her absence."