IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO USE PART 11 WHEN CHALLENGING A TRADE UNION’S RIGHT TO BRING AN ACTION FOR DEFAMATION

In Prospect v Evans [2024] EWHC 1533 (KB) Mrs Justice Steyn held that a challenge to a trade union's right to bring defamation proceedings should not have been made by using Part 11.  Part 11 applications deal with jurisdiction. The court had jurisdiction and the defendant should have brought the ap...