IG Index Ltd v Cloete: QBD 16 Sep 2016

Order for costs after decision that the action should not be allowed to go to trial.

Richard Parkes QC
[2016] EWHC 2297 (QB)
Bailii
England and Wales
Citing:
See AlsoIG Index Plc v Cloete QBD 11-Dec-2013
The defendant applied to have struck out the claim, saying that it was based upon a misuse of documents disclosed during an employment tribunal case, and was an abuse since the claimants had not sought the permission of the Tribunal for a second use . .
See AlsoIG Index Ltd v Cloete CA 31-Jul-2014
In the course of unfair dismissal proceedings, the defendant had disclosed possession of confidential materials of his former employer. The employer began these proceedings based on the materials. Only at a later point when he appointed solicitors . .
See AlsoIG Index Ltd v Cloete QBD 21-Dec-2015
Application by the defendant to strike out the claim pursuant to CPR 3.4(2)(b) on the grounds that the proceedings amount to pointless and wasteful litigation, the continuation of which to trial serves no useful purpose for the claimant, squanders . .

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Updated: 23 January 2022; Ref: scu.569420