UPC CFI LD Munich, 9 April 2024: No extension of deadline for Statement of Defence because of language change

Extension of deadline to file Statement of Defence with three weeks rejected (Rule 9(3) RoP). 

Deadline to submit a written submission should not be extended lightly and should only be granted in circumstances that justify such extension. 

Defendants have failed to substantiate – other than with a general reference to ‘fair trial’– why the language change one month before the deadline for filing the SoD, in the circumstances of this case makes that the these defendants will not be able to meet the deadline of 26 April, 2024, or are actually hindered in that respect. 

IPPT20240409, UPC CFI, LD Munich, Edwards Lifesciences v Meril