Prince Abdulaziz v Apex Global Management
Supreme Court confirms that a party, and not its
solicitor, should sign the disclosure statement
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2014/64.html
At a CMC, the appellant was ordered to file and serve a
disclosure statement certified by a statement of truth, to be
personally signed by him. Although the appellant's duty of
disclosure was explained to him by his solicitors, the statement of
truth was signed by the appellant's agent (because the
appellant is a Saudi prince and, it was claimed, there is a Saudi
Arabian protocol that members of the Royal Family should not become
involved in any way in litigation). The respondents applied for,
and obtained, an unless order, and when the appellant failed to
comply with that order his defence was struck out and judgment
entered against him. The appellant was subsequently refused
permission to vary the order so that his solicitor could confirm on
oath that the appellant had given
