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Two days late after an unless order granting an extension and then a month after that to apply for relief?

I agree with Anon at 12:50pm - I feel for the trainee whom sounds like he/she was dumped with this - but that is a delay which is pretty difficult for the firm as a whole to justify, especially when the delays did cause such a big difference to the overall scheduling of the claim.

I don't think it is quite as draconian as is being made out in light of the current procedural rules. Jackson made clear that if relief was applied for, either simultaneously with the late filing of the PTC or at least promptly afterwards then the relief likely would either have been consented to or if not, granted in any case under the Denton test.

The point was not the late filing of the PTC per se, it was the lateness in filing for relief from sanctions.

Whilst I think its fair interpretation of the current procedural system, whether all of the above really amounts to the delivery of 'justice' overall is another debate.