Attorney-General v Jones

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1990
Year1990
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
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  • The Reverend Paul Williamson v The Bishop of London and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 5 April 2023
    ...other hand to protect the court's processes and the rights of others not to be faced with vexatious claims. In Attorney General v Jones [1990] 1 WLR 859 Staughton LJ described this balance as follows (at page 865 C-D): “The power to restrain someone from commencing or continuing legal proc......
  • Jones v Vans Colina
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 July 1996
    ...of the Queen's Bench Division under section 42(1) of the 1981 Act. His appeal to this court was dismissed; see Attorney General v. Jones [1990] 1 WLR 859. Mr Jones owns the freehold of a block of flats in Torquay which are let on long leases. In June 1993, for reasons bad or good, he wished......
  • Re Terence Patrick Ewingthe Claimant Appeared in Person
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 20 December 2002
    ... ... Appearing before Mr Justice Henriques were Mr Ewing; Counsel for the Secretary of State; and Counsel for the Attorney-General. Counsel for the Attorney-General indicated that the Attorney-General took a neutral position and proposed to take no further part in the ... He submits, relying on the decision of the Court of Appeal in Jones v Vans Colina 1996 1WLR 580 , that it has been authoritatively decided that the only person who may appear on an application under s.42(3) of the ... ...
  • Bhamjee v Forsdick and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 25 July 2003
    ...itself, which of necessity are not infinite. There is a trace of this in the judgment of Staughton LJ in Attorney-General v Jones [1990] 1 WLR 859, 865C, when he explained why there must come a time when it is right for a court to exercise its power to make a civil proceedings order agains......
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