The Court of Appeal will actively discourage interlocutory appeals from procedural directions on matters such as discovery, and will exercise restraint in interfering with a case manager's broad discretion on matters of practice and procedure, particularly in the Commercial and Managed Cases List. A discovery order that does not affect substantive rights but merely imposes a procedural requirement to list documents will not ordinarily constitute substantial injustice justifying leave to appeal.
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