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United Kingdom disregard of rulesdelaydisclosure

Habib Bank Ltd v Jaffer

[2000] CPLR 438
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Year2000
StatusBinding authority

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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