“…as been defined as the use of the court process “for a purpose or in a way significantly different from its ordinary and proper use”: Attorney General v Barker [2000] 1 F.L.R. 759, DC, Lord Bingham of Cornhill. It needs to be shown that the conduct of the party in question is so objectionable that they should forfeit their right to take …”
“…adopted by both leading counsel in this appeal, was set out by Lord Bingham, then Lord Chief Justice, in Her Majesty’s Attorney General v Paul Evan John Barker [2000] 1 F.L.R. 759. At paragraph 19 he defined an abuse of the process as “a use of the court process for a purpose or in a way which is significantly different from the ordinary…”