Court held that claimant’s fresh claim was not abuse of process thus refusing defendants strike out application
Windsor & Anor v Chief Constable of West Mercia Constabulary [2014] EWHC 2621 (QB)
The first claimant had been charged with murder and both the first and second claimants had been charged with perverting the course of justice, after the body of a man with whom the first claimant lived was found on a bonfire in the garden. Both claimants were acquitted. The first claimant subsequently issued County Court […]
Court allows appeal in part in case arising from injuries sustained during transportation by prison van
Mahoney v GEOAmey & Anor [2014] EWHC 2563 (QB)
An appeal by the claimant against orders refusing his application for (1) permission to rely on expert evidence and (2) permission to amend his Particulars of Claim. The case related to personal injuries suffered by the claimant while being transported in a prison van. He was detained within a cubicle with no seat belt and […]
Court rules in favour of student who was refused a student loan due to immigration status
The claimant, an 18 year Zambian national, was brought to the UK when she was six years old and lived here ever since. Whilst she was brought to the UK lawfully, her mother overstayed and did not regularise the Claimant’s status. In January 2012 the Claimant was granted discretionary leave to remain (DLR) for a […]
Damages of £40,000 awarded to two claimants in libel claim
Kadir & Anor v Channel S Television Ltd [2014] EWHC 2305 (QB)
Judgment assessing libel damages. The claim concerned a broadcast in Bengali which alleged reasonable suspicions of fraud and an evasive response to those allegations to an estimated 3,500 viewers in the UK. Damages were assessed in the sum of £20,000 for each of the two claimants. Ben Silverstone was involved in this case.
Permission granted for JR review of Secretary of State’s decision to partly fund the ‘Promotion of Basic Services Programme’
O, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for International Development [2014] EWHC 2371 (Admin)
The claimant, an Ethiopian farmer, sought permission to apply for judicial review of the Secretary of State’s decision to partly fund the ‘Promotion of Basic Services Programme’. The claimant alleges that the defendant has failed to put in place sufficient processes to assess the extent to which money from the programme was being used to […]