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Barrow v Bankside Members Agency Ltd

[1996] 1 WLR 257; [1996] 1 All ER 981 (CA, 7 Nov 1995)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division), England and Wales

Year1995

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

The rule in Henderson v Henderson is a flexible doctrine aimed at preventing abuse of process, not a rigid bar; whether reopening matters that could have been raised earlier is abusive depends on a broad merits-based judgment.

Area of Law

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