The claimants alleged unlawful interception of their voicemail messages by the defendant. The defendant now applied for the strike out of the claims, saying that they were an abuse of process, earlier claims by the same claimants having been settled. The claimants said that the terms of the settlement did not cover additional occasions of interception discovered only later.
Held: The additional claims were covered and were struck out. The claimants had made their settlements knowing that they had not yet fully investigated the hacking activities of the defendants.
Judges:
Mann J
Citations:
[2015] EWHC 125 (Ch)
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Litigation Practice
Updated: 24 October 2022; Ref: scu.541920