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disregard of rulesdelaydisclosure
Habib Bank Ltd v Jaffer
[2000] CPLR 438
Key Principle
A claim may be struck out as an abuse of process where the claimant's conduct involves a wholesale disregard of the rules of court — such as a persistent failure to give coherent instructions or to make proper disclosure — amounting to an affront to the court, independently of whether the defendant has suffered specific prejudice.
Area of Law
General
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