Source:	All England Reporter
Publisher Citation:	[2012] All ER (D) 96 (May)
Court:	Queen's Bench Division
Judge:	Sharp J (judgment delivered extempore)
Representation	The claimant appeared in person.
	Jonathan Scherbel-Ball (instructed by Kingsford) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates:	11 May 2012

Catchwords

Practice - Pre-trial or post-judgment relief - Strike out/summary judgment - Claimant, former barrister, being convicted of conspiracy to commit armed kidnap in New Zealand - Case being widely reported on in United Kingdom - Defendant 'publishing' words indicating claimant being convicted on armed kidnap - Claimant bringing libel action - Defendant applying to strike out case - Whether case should be struck out.

The Case

Practice Pre-trial or post-judgment relief. The Queen's Bench Division struck out the claimants case in libel on the basis that the proceedings did not serve the proper purpose of vindicating reputation.

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