Practice and procedure

Strike out

West v Churchill and another

  • Chancery Division
  • 26 April 2024
  • Judge Keyser KC (sitting as a High Court judge)
  • [2024] EWHC 940 (Ch)
  • [2024] PLSCS 82
Practice and procedure – Strike out – Without prejudice rule – Claimant commencing proceedings concerning estate of deceased – Claimant applying to strike out parts of defence and counterclaim as abuse of process for reliance on without prejudice communications –
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