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MTA v Lord Chancellor

Additional names

MTA v Comr of Police of the Metropolis

Subject Matter

HUMAN RIGHTS — Breach of Convention rights — Judicial act — Claimant bringing claim against Lord Chancellor seeking damages on ground court orders breaching Convention rights — Whether abuse of process to bring claim for damages instead of appealing underlying orders — Whether claim to be struck out — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), ss 6, 7, 9, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 5, 6

[2023] EWHC 117 (KB); [2023] 1 WLR 2197; [2023] WLR(D) 191, KBD

HUMAN RIGHTS — Breach of Convention rights — Judicial act — Claimant bringing claim against Lord Chancellor seeking damages on ground court orders breaching Convention rights — Whether abuse of process to bring claim for damages instead of appealing underlying orders — Whether claim to be struck out — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), ss 7, 9, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 5, 6

[2024] EWCA Civ 965; [2025] KB 151; [2024] 3 WLR 1037; [2025] 3 All ER 246; [2024] WLR(D) 380, CA

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