Anastasia Tropsha, an associate at PCB Byrne LLP, reviewed a recent Commercial Court decision in Al Saud v Gibbs, which relates to Part 18 procedure. This judgment includes contains a helpful analysis and gloss on the test for such requests and their enforcement. The judge in particular reminds litigants that Part 18 requests ought not be seen as an automatic or routine part of litigation. This article was first published on LexisPSL on 8 April 2022 and can be viewed here.

The full text of the judgment is available here.