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Woodhouse v Consignia plc

[2002] EWCA Civ 275; [2002] 1 WLR 2558
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Year2002
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A second application for the same relief is not automatically an abuse of process; the Henderson v Henderson principle requires a broad merits-based judgment, and the failure to deploy at a first application material that was then available is not necessarily fatal to a renewed application but may be reflected in costs.

Area of Law

General

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