vexatious litigation

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vexatious litigation - litigation shown to have been instituted maliciously and without probable cause; "he got an injunction against vexatious litigation by his enemies"

judicial proceeding, litigation - a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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It is not necessary to prove that the vexatious litigant actually knows that his or her conduct is vexatious but rather that a reasonable person in those same circumstances would believe the conduct to be vexatious.

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At present, a person can only be declared a vexatious litigant by the Supreme Court on application of the Attorney-General and it requires proof of a long history of vexatious litigation before an application can succeed.

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She was made a vexatious litigant, taking 30 cases to court, suing Rupert Murdoch and The News of The World and eventually being banned from the High Court and becoming bankrupt.

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By 1982 she was banned from the High Court where she was declared to be a vexatious litigant.

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Sasso said that would allow the Bar to ask the Supreme Court, or the court acting on its own motion, to designate as a vexatious litigant a person who abuses the grievance process.

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Mr Low, who over the years sued many people, including the Queen in 1996, was ruled to be a vexatious litigant which means he cannot take civil cases to the High Court.

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Daring to ask the court to enforce its own orders generally leads to the mother's legal team (often legally aided) describing the father as a vexatious litigant.

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Once, the courts would have declared him a vexatious litigant and sent him packing.

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Help to recover my vex appealQI WAS made a vexatious litigant in 1997 and have to apply to the High Court for permission to start court proceedings or make civil court applications.

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On September 26, 1995, the Wall Street Journal reported that a litigious California woman had been haled into court by her neighborhood association as a vexatious litigant.

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SHERMAN Theatre is producing a new play inspired by the life of Welsh legend Dorothy Squires - a celebrity in her heyday, married to the young Roger Moore but eventually made a vexatious litigant.