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Warby J considered an application for relief from sanctions where the claimant's solicitor had mistakenly served a notice of funding late. The defendant had been notified of the funding arrangement by letter prior to issue but the claimant's solicitor had failed to file and serve a notice of funding with the claim form. The earlier letter contained all the information required by the rules and the solicitor mistakenly thought that it amounted to compliance. The error had come to the attention of the claimant's solicitors on 11 July 2014 and had been remedied 3 days later. The application for relief was not opposed by the defendant and the Judge allowed relief, stating that the impact on the efficient and proportionate conduct of litigation was negligible.
