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I recently dealt with an application where the Defendant had applied to have a claim for special damages only, valued at £13k, reallocated to the small claims track on the old "value is not the only factor to consider" point. I pointed out to the judge that the Defendant had filed an 8 page defence, stretching to 35 paragraphs and quoting no less than 13 cases and asked if he genuinely believed a lay person would be able to deal with it adequately. The judge reallocated it to the small claims track. Good luck to these judges when they are swamped with LIP's/CMC's defending needless and aggressive applications by the Defendant PI factories.

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