The making of three wholly unmeritorious claims or applications were sufficient to support an application for a civil restraint order against the respondent.
Judges:
Bernard Livesey QC
Citations:
[2009] EWHC 1271 (Ch), [2009] 1 WLR 2306, [2009] BPIR 1291, [2009] NPC 75
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Kumar, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs CA 13-Jul-2006
The scheme of Civil Restraint Orders faithfully reproduced the scheme set out in Bhamjee. The statutory CRO regime it was sufficient that the previous claims or applications were totally without merit, and that the litigant persisted in making them. . .
Cited by:
Cited – Courtman v Ludlam and Another; In re Ludlam (Bankrupts) ChD 6-Aug-2009
The applicant trustee in bankruptcy sought an extended civil restraint order against the respondents, saying that they had made unmeritorious claims in the proceedings.
Held: The rules required there to be shown that person had ‘persistently . .
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Litigation Practice
Updated: 22 July 2022; Ref: scu.346871