10 h, jul 2, 2020 y - Depp v NGN & Wootton PRE-TRIAL RULING Amber Heard Letter To Judge Johnny Depp Disclosure Order & Sanctions DENIED

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29 June 2020 the Claimant issued his application notice for relief against sanctions. I reserved my decision which I gave on 2nd July 2020.

I granted the Claimant relief against sanctions and did not therefore make the declaration which the Defendants had sought.

On 29th June I had also heard an application by the Claimant that Ms Heard should make third party disclosure pursuant to CPR r.31.17. In my judgment of 2nd July, I refused this application.

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3. I am not persuaded by these arguments.. I do accept that Ms Heard is not a party to this litigation. It is unnecessary to consider the position if she was. I agree that her position is therefore, different from that of Mr Depp. I received a letter to the Court from Ms Heard dated 2nd July 2020 in which she sought to equate her position to his and argued that in fairness, she and he should be treated the same. Because he is a party to the litigation and she is not, I do not accept that their positions are equivalent.

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UK Court Documents:
- UK Core Trial Bundle Item 71.4 Letter from Ms Heard to the Hon. Mr Justice Nicol
[UNPUBLISHED]
- Judgment of Nicol J (relief from sanctions and third-party disclosure)
- Order of Nicol J (relief from sanctions)
- Order of Nicol J (third party disclosure)
- Direction of Nicol J (permitting Ms Heard to attend court) para3
- UK JUDGEMENT 2 NOVEMBER 2020



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