Labour Party successful in defending application brought by Jeremy Corbyn MP
Corbyn v Evans [2021] EWHC 130 (QB)
The High Court has handed down judgment in an application for pre-action disclosure brought by the former Leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn MP, against The Labour Party. The case arose from Mr Corbyn’s suspension from The Labour Party and, subsequently, his suspension from the Parliamentary Labour Party. Mr Corbyn sought early disclosure of documents […]
Convicted terrorists’ civil claim of mistreatment struck out for ‘collateral attack’ on earlier criminal proceedings
Ahmed v Director General of Security Service [2020] EWHC 3458 (QB)
On 18 December 2008 the claimant was convicted of a series of terrorist offences. Those offences included directing a terrorist organisation contrary to s.56 of the Terrorism Act 2000, membership of a terrorist organisation contrary to s.11 of that Act, and possession of terrorist articles contrary to s.57. The following day he was sentenced to […]
High Court refuses significant part of amendment application
Benyatov v Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd [2020] EWHC 3213 (QB)
This judgment, dealing with an amendment application made by the claimant, is the fourth instalment in an ongoing claim brought by Mr Vadim Don Benyatov, a former banker against his former employer, Credit Suisee, in respect of the consequences of his conviction in Romania while working for the bank there. His conviction prevented him from […]
General civil restraint order granted against ‘serial claimant’
Howell v Evans & Anor [2020] EWHC 2729 (QB) (16 October 2020)
In this case, a general civil restraint order was granted against the claimant as he had issued seven claims or applications which were deemed totally without merit and he had done so in five different sets of proceedings (each relating to different defendants and different factual circumstances) which were either in the High Court or […]
Widow has real prospect of success in claim for negligence against company based in Bangladesh
Begum v Maran [2020] EWHC 1846 (QB)
This case involves the death of an employee whilst working on the demolition of a defunct oil tanker (“the vessel”) in the Zuma Enterprise Shipyard (“the yard”) in Chittagong (now Chattogram), Bangladesh. The deceased’s widow issued proceedings claiming damages for negligence under the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934 and the Fatal Accidents Act 1976; alternatively, under Bangladeshi law. The scope of the proceedings has subsequently been broadened inasmuch as draft Amended Particulars of Claim advance a cause of action in restitution: more precisely, unjust enrichment.
Held: The claimant has a real prospect of succeeding in relation to her claim in negligence, however her claim in unjust enrichment is unsustainable. The the claimant has a real prospect of establishing that her claim is governed by English law and that if Bangladeshi law were to apply to the claim in tort, it would be statute-barred.