Representation of lawyer and police officer who commenced proceedings for malicious prosecution against a police inspector- police inspector applied to strike out claim for malicious prosecution without reasonable and probable cause- whether pleaded allegations of malice and dishonesty disclose no reasonable cause of action and are vexatious and an abuse of process-whether the pleaded claims seek to avoid immunity afforded to witnesses and are vexatious and an abuse of process-whether the Attorney General is properly named as a party to the proceedings.
Case outcome
The court ruled in favour of the lawyer and police officer and rejected the application to strike out the claim for malicious prosecution.