United Kingdom originating processnorwich pharmacalpre action disclosure

Towergate Underwriting Group Ltd v Albaco Insurance Brokers

[2015] EWHC 2874 (Ch)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court of Justice, Chancery Division

Year2015

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A free-standing application for a Norwich Pharmacal order (or pre-action disclosure) where there are no existing proceedings must be commenced by a claim form (CPR Part 8), not by a Part 23 application notice, since it is in substance originating process and cannot be used to bypass the originating-process requirement and its higher fee.

Area of Law

General

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