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21 March 2014
Issue: 7599 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Practice

Lilley v DMG Events Ltd [2014] EWHC 610 (IPEC), [2014] All ER (D) 123 (Mar)

The potential gain to a claimant in litigation could be so trivial that the commitment of the resources of the English court to the resolution of the claim was an abuse of process. It was settled law that, when a judge was confronted by an application to strike out a claim on the ground that the game was not worth the candle, he or she should consider carefully whether there was a means by which the claim could be adjudicated without disproportionate expenditure. 

 

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