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           8.  I then received an order from the Court dated 13  December 2017, advising me that a judge
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              has considered the file and having seen that the questionnaire was received on  20
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              November 2017, has decided to apply the sanction as set out in the order dated 06
              November 2017. As a result, the Claim was struck out and the interim injunction made on 09
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              August 2017 was discharged. A copy of the order is attached under exhibit LI4.



           9.  Upon receiving the above order, I emailed the Defendant’s solicitors Mr Onwusiri and advised

              him that the Court  made the order in  error as the Claimant had filed the  directions
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              questionnaire electronically on 17  November 2017. Mr Onwusiri was fully aware of this fact
              as he was copied in to the email. A copy of my email to Mr Onwusiri dated 15  December
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              2017 can be found under exhibit LI5.



           10. On 14   December 2017, Ms Zena Ndereyimana on behalf of the Claimant’s legal services
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              emailed the Edmonton County Court advising that Claimant’s directions questionnaire  was

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              emailed to the Court on 17  November 2017 and provided evidence in support. The email
              requested that the Court reconsider the order dated 13^ December 2017 as the Claimant has
              complied with the earlier directions order made on 06  November 2017. A copy of the email
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              correspondence to the Court can be found in exhibit LI6.



           11. The Claimant has received no response from the Court following the email it sent out
              on 14  November 2017.
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           12. On 03   January 2017 I received an order from the Edmonton  County Court  ordering the
              Claimant to pay the Defendant's costs of the action on a standard basis to be assessed if not
              agreed. Please refer to exhibit LI7. The order was made after the Defendant’s representatives

              filed an application notice at Court on 21  December 2017. The application was only received
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              by the Claimant on 27 December 2017 and as l was on annual leave, the application notice

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              only came to my attention on 03 January 2017 so I was not able to respond.


















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