The High Court has power to make a general civil restraint order to prevent the litigant commencing proceedings in the County Court as well as the High Court.
Judges:
Brooke LJ
Citations:
Times 13-Jul-2004, [2004] EWCA Civ 946
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Applied – Ebert v Venvill (Trustee In Bankruptcy); Woolf; Midland Bank Plc and Rabinowicz (a Solicitor) CA 5-Jul-1999
The court refused leave to appeal from the High Court. It would be absurd if, when an order was made restricting commencement of proceedings by a vexatious litigant, that the High Court should not have power to restrain by the same order also . .
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Litigation Practice
Updated: 11 June 2022; Ref: scu.198720