The parties were competing companies. The claimant sought to usePre-action disclosure procedures after proceedings had already been issued.
Held: ‘the Claimants have made out a clear and strong case for the exercise of the Court’s discretion to order pre-action disclosure in their favour, and I so order.’
Moloney QC HHJ
[2016] EWHC 297 (QB)
Bailii
Civil Procedure Rules 31.16
England and Wales
Litigation Practice, Defamation
Updated: 10 January 2022; Ref: scu.560329
