Pizzey v Ford Motor Company Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
| Judgment Date | 26 February 1993 |
| Date | 26 February 1993 |
Court of Appeal
Before Lord Justice Nourse, Lord Justice Stuart-Smith and Lord Justice Mann
Pizzey
and
Ford Motor Co Ltd
Evidence - admissibility - medical report disclosed accidentally
Using medical report disclosed accidentally
Unfavourable medical reports obtained confidentially by a plaintiff for the purposes of personal injury litigation which were inadvertently disclosed on discovery to the defendants could be used by them at the trial. The defendants' solicitor reasonably believed that the plaintiff's solicitor had waived the privilege that attached to the reports so that the plaintiff could not rely on his solicitor's mistake to prevent their use.
The Court of Appeal so held in dismissing an appeal by the plaintiff, Mr Albert Pizzey, from the decision of Judge Goldstein in Bow County Court in July 1992 refusing to restrain the defendants, the Ford Motor Co Ltd, from using at the trial two privileged documents which had been inadvertently...
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