Case date 2024-04-01
Case type Civil Trial
Practice area Litigation
Staff responsible Delroy Duncan KC , Ryan Hawthorne
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.
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