SECOND ACTION STRUCK OUT AS AN ABUSE OF PROCESS: HIDING AN INTENTION TO START FRESH PROCEEDINGS IS A HIGHLY DANGEROUS STRATEGY

In BCLI v Commissioner of the Police for the Metropolis [2024] EWHC 3018 (KB) HHJ Karen Walden-Smith (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) struck out a claimant's second action against the defendant police force.  The action failed because, on its facts, it was an abuse of process. The claimant had...