England and Wales Case Law

Optosafe Limited & Anor v John Mark Robertson

The defendant breached the Non-Representation and Non-Disparagement Clauses by publicly representing himself as connected with the claimants and making derogatory statements. His persistent campaign of emails and LinkedIn posts, including threats, insults, and baseless allegations, constituted a course of conduct amounting to harassment under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. The statutory defences of prevention or detection of crime and reasonableness were not made out. The claimants are entitled to a final injunction, damages for harassment, and a general civil restraint order.

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• Breach of contract
• Restrictive covenants
• Non-disparagement
• Harassment
• Civil restraint orders
• Damages

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Justin Oliver Zinda v Ark Schools & Anor

The claimant failed to establish the existence of new evidence, conscious and deliberate dishonesty, or materiality as required to set aside the prior judgments for fraud. The claims were totally without merit, time-barred, and abusive, warranting summary judgment and strike out against both defendants.

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• Fraudulent procurement of judgment
• Strike out
• Summary judgment
• Civil restraint orders
• Limitation period
• Breach of contract

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BEA, R (on the application of) v Staffordshire County Council

Judicial review over a foster placement ended up academic after the child was removed. The High Court refused to decide the statutory and Article 8 issues.

• Judicial review
• Children in care
• Foster care regulations
• Article 8 echr
• Statutory interpretation
• Civil restraint orders

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Bea, R (On the Application Of) v Staffordshire County Council (Rev1)

Bea, R (On the Application Of) v Staffordshire County Council (Rev1) [2026] EWHC 1190 (Admin) (18 May 2026)

Judicial review over a child’s temporary placement was dismissed as academic after the placement ended; the court declined to rule on the regulation issue.

• Judicial review
• Care proceedings
• Children act 1989
• Care planning, placement and case review (england) regulations 2010
• Human rights act 1998
• Article 8 echr

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Galina Ivanovna Zhuravleva v Ioulia Fedikhanovna Kamalova

The High Court held that service on the defendant in Spain was valid, or alternatively retrospectively validated as good service under CPR 6.15(2).

• Service out of jurisdiction
• Hague service convention
• Limitation
• Civil restraint orders
• Enforcement of tribunal decisions
• Service-out-of-jurisdiction

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Haldar & & Anor v Crook & Ors (Rev1)

Haldar & & Anor v Crook & Ors (Rev1) [2026] EWHC 1091 (KB) (11 May 2026)

The court dismissed applications to restore struck-out claims and for interim payments, held the filings were unintelligible and abusive, and granted a communication injunction.

• Striking out of claims
• Relief from sanctions
• Interim payments
• Abuse of process
• Jurisdiction
• Collateral challenge

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Zhuravleva v Kamalova

Zhuravleva v Kamalova [2026] EWHC 1041 (Ch) (11 May 2026)

The High Court held that service on the defendant in Spain was valid, rejected objections about translations and email service, and found no limitation bar.

• Service out of jurisdiction
• Enforcement of tribunal decision
• Beneficial ownership
• Limitation
• Civil restraint orders
• Service-out-of-jurisdiction

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L v P

L v P [2026] EWHC 1209 (Fam) (07 May 2026)

The High Court refused to set aside a 3-year Civil Restraint Order against a father after repeated meritless applications in child-contact litigation.

• Civil restraint orders
• Section 91(14) orders
• Permission to appeal
• Child contact
• Civil-restraint-orders
• Section-91-14-orders

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L v P

The High Court refused to set aside a civil restraint order against a father after repeated meritless family applications, finding no evidence of changed behaviour.

• Civil restraint orders
• Section 91(14) orders
• Permission to appeal
• Civil-restraint-orders
• Section-91-14-orders
• Permission-to-appeal

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Gladwin v RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP & Ors

Gladwin v RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP & Ors [2026] EWHC 1043 (Ch) (07 May 2026)

The High Court struck out Mr Gladwin’s claim against RSM and former joint administrators as incoherent, abusive and unsupported, and made a three-year ECRO.

• Strike out applications
• Civil restraint orders
• Fraud allegations
• Abuse of process
• Directors' duties
• Administration of companies

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