“…This test has been applied in a number of first instance cases, such as Lewis v Ward Hadaway [2015] EWHC 3503 (Ch); [2016] 4 WLR 6; Bhatti v Ashgar [2016] 3 Costs LR 493; and Liddle v Atha & Co Solicitors [2018] EWHC 1751 (QB); [2018] 1 WLR 4953.…”
“…In Lewis and others v Ward Hadaway [2015] EWHC 3503 (Ch), claims in negligence against the defendant firm of solicitors were advanced by 31 claimants over a ninemonth period. All of the claims were issued close to th…”
“…Thus a failure to comply with the CPR or its Practice Directions can constitute an abuse of process: see for example Lewis v Ward Hadaway (a firm) [2015] EWHC 3503 (Ch), and Liddle v Atha & Co Solicitors [2018] EWHC 1751 (QB), [2018] 1 WLR 4953. These cases involved the deliberate understating of the value of the claim on the …”