CHALLENGE TO JURISDICTION OF THE COURT WAS AN APPROPRIATE STEP IN AN ACTION BROUGHT BY A “REDUNDANT” SOLDIER

There is a procedural issue considered in the judgment of Mr Justice Martin Spencer in Malone v Ministry of Defence [2021] EWHC 2958 (QB).  The judge held that it was appropriate for the Ministry of Defence, facing a claim in contract brought by a former soldier, to dispute the jurisdiction of the c...