The applicant sought permission to apply for judicial review of a decsion of the defendant not to investigate his complaint that a prosecution of him had in essence been malicious. He had also begun civil proceedings. The defendant argued that it would be wrong to make his decision until the civil proceedings were closed.
Held: Leave was refused. The decision was sensible and appropriate. However since those proceedings had in the interim failed, it might now be open to the claimant to recommence proceedings.
Citations:
[2006] EWHC 900 (Admin)
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Litigation Practice
Updated: 07 May 2022; Ref: scu.241446