APPLICATION FOR RELIEF REFUSED BECAUSE THE UNDERLYING CLAIM WAS MISCONCEIVED: A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE MERITS OF THE ACTION BEING CONSIDERED

In  Price, R v (on the application of) v The Crown Court at Snaresbrook [2020] EWHC 496 (Admin) Mr Justice Freedman refused the claimant's application for relief from sanctions because the underlying claim was "hopeless". This is a rare example of the merits of the action being considered in an appl...