The District Court dismissed a medical negligence claim for want of due despatch under UCPR r 12.7 where the self-represented plaintiff repeatedly failed to comply with orders for filing expert evidence, failed to attend two consecutive directions hearings, and failed to show cause why the proceedings should not be dismissed. The Court applied the established balancing test, weighing the prejudice to the defendant medical specialists of proceedings hanging over them for three years against the plaintiff having been given every opportunity to advance his case.
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