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UK & EU Claim Lawyers LLC v Enterprise Rent-A-Car (UK) td [2025] EWHC 2317 (Ch) (11 April 2025)
The High Court set aside default and acceptance judgments linked to alleged fraudulent claims, struck out the claims as abuse of process, and certified two matters as totally without merit.
The Ombudsman’s decision was reasonable, the procedure was fair, and no arguable error of law or procedure was raised. The claim was totally without merit and bound to fail.
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Alexander v Legal Ombudsman [2024] EWHC 886 (Admin) (19 April 2024)
Permission for judicial review of a Legal Ombudsman decision was refused. The court also certified the claim as totally without merit and awarded costs.
King & Ors v DWF LLP & Ors [2024] EWHC 668 (Comm) (02 February 2024)
Post-trial costs ruling in a Commercial Court case: indemnity costs were ordered, detailed assessment was directed for now, and the claim was certified as totally without merit.
The High Court refused to extend time or permit service out on the US-based ninth defendant, held the claims bound to fail, and continued anonymity and reporting restrictions.
McCarthy v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police [2021] EWHC 380 (QB) (23 February 2021)
The High Court dismissed a challenge to a strike-out order, holding that non-service of an earlier unless order did not justify relief where procedural defaults continued.
The Court of Appeal held it had no jurisdiction to hear an appeal against a High Court order refusing permission to appeal and barring an oral renewal hearing in a TWM case.
L. M. Associates Ltd v Gibbeson [2020] EWCA Civ 1460 (06 November 2020)
The Court of Appeal held it had no jurisdiction to hear an appeal against a High Court order refusing an oral renewal hearing after a PTA refusal marked totally without merit.
The Court of Appeal held it had no jurisdiction to hear Roger Kearney’s appeal against refusal of judicial review over post-conviction CCTV disclosure.
Wasif v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 82 (09 February 2016)
Court of Appeal guidance on when a judicial review application is truly “totally without merit”, the need for adequate reasons, and why such certification is not separately appealable.
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