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20 decisions turning on abuse-of-process.
The first claimant, KDY, is a 13-year-old boy with autism, ADHD and other diagnosed conditions who has held an Education, Health and Care Plan since November 2018. He sues by his mother, NGP, who is the second claimant in her own…
General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited (GDUK) is a judgment creditor of the State of Libya in the sum of around £28 million. It obtained a final charging order together with an order for sale and possession over a property at 7…
Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP (CYK), a firm of solicitors, sued Mr Laurence Davis and Mr John Baker for unpaid fees of £194,137.72 by a claim issued on 22 July 2021. The defendants counterclaimed for professional negligence, valued…
The appellant, Mikail Jones, was tried and convicted at the Central Criminal Court before Mr Recorder Malcolm Fortune. He appealed against conviction, and on 3 June 2026 the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) dismissed that…
The six linked claims arose out of alleged failings in the consent process for the use of synthetic mesh in the treatment of female pelvic conditions such as urinary stress incontinence. They formed a small part of a large cohort…
The claimants, Dr Sunil Gupta and Sunil Gupta MD LLC, brought long-running proceedings in the Business List arising out of sums wrongly appropriated by the first defendant, Olgun Halil Shah, who was the father of the fourth and…
Mr and Mrs Lay sold their shares in Easy Direct Debits Ltd (“EDD”) to Independent Vetcare Limited (“IVL”) under a share purchase agreement (“SPA”) completed on 28 October 2020, which included a warranty that EDD's business had…
The claimant, Perseus Ventures Limited, is a British Virgin Islands company owned and directed by Martin Walsh, who conducted the litigation on its behalf having been granted rights of audience by Freedman J in July 2024. The…
Mr Alex Jermejan was convicted in his absence by the District Court in Jihlava, Czechia, on 29 November 2021 of a fraud committed on 17 July 2020, when he borrowed CZK 240,000 (some £7,929.60) said to serve as a guarantee for a…
Glint Pay Ltd (GPL) and its subsidiaries Glint Pay Services Ltd and Glint Pay UK Ltd operate a gold-backed debit card app. In January 2019 GPL borrowed £1.65 million from Brahma Finance (BVI) Ltd, secured by a debenture granting…
BlackBerry Limited, a software company, contracted with Optiemus Infracom Limited, an Indian public listed handset supplier, under an agreement dated 1 February 2017 by which BlackBerry supplied software and services for mobile…
Premium Contractor Solution LLC, a company established in Ohio in the United States, brought proceedings in the King's Bench Division against Mrs Ying Kang, a Chinese national domiciled in China who owns a property in…
On the afternoon of 14 September 2021 two packages made to resemble explosive devices, together with a smoke canister, were left in Gray's Inn, one outside 3 Verulam Buildings, the chambers of Mr Andrew Sutcliffe KC and Miss Anne…
The applicant, NW Publishing UK Ltd, provides support and back-end services to digital news publications and, until 2022, formed part of the Newsweek business; its sole director is Mr William Henry Dove. The respondent, Newsweek…
The three claimants, C2 (Mosaraf Hossain), C6 (Naveed Khan) and C11 (Ashiqur Rahman), brought claims in the King's Bench Division against the Home Office arising out of allegations that they had obtained TOEIC English language…
Onecom Partners Limited, a leading UK provider of telecommunications and cloud-based services, supplied telecoms and cloud services to resellers known as Reseller Partners, who in turn sold to their own end customers. Yello Voice…
The appellant, Mrs Margaret Williams, was the registered owner of a Mercedes Benz E220 which was stopped by officers of the Director of Border Revenue at Dover Eastern Docks on 8 May 2010. Her husband, Mr Gareth Williams, was…
On 5 December 2003 Karen Bennett and her travelling companion, Richard Grimes, arrived at Dover on a ferry from France, and Customs officers seized 24.95 kg of hand rolling tobacco, 400 cigarettes and Mrs Bennett's car, which was…
Mr Alan Fagg, a disabled Plymouth resident living on benefits and a heavy smoker, took advantage of a newspaper offer of cheap day-trips by ferry from Plymouth to Santander in Spain, making five such journeys in early 2005. On 13…
The appellant, Redcats (Brands) Ltd, formerly Empire Stores Limited, sells clothing and household goods by mail order through bi-annual catalogues such as Empire, The Store, La Redoute, Verbaudet and Daxon, and is the…