“…The recent learning on the subject begins with the decision of the House of Lords in Grovit v Doctor [1997] 1 WLR 640. In August 1989 Mr Grovit launched a claim against a number of defendants. The only extant claim was one for libel. A defence to the claim was filed in October…”
“…In Grovit v Doctor [1997] 1 WLR 640 the claimant had commenced wide-ranging proceedings against the defendants in August 1989, but by March 1990 all that remained was an allegation of libel. The …”
“…use of process, and may be a sufficiently serious abuse to warrant striking out the claim in appropriate cases under the line of authority from Grovit v Doctor [1997] 1 WLR 640; see Solland International Ltd v Clifford Harris & Co [2015] EWHC 3295 (Ch) at [54]. It is not necessary to decide in this case whether if Goldas had been vali…”