Clarke v Guardian News & Media Ltd

Subject Matter

PRACTICE — Pleadings — Striking out — Defendant deleting relevant evidence prior to commencement of proceedings — Whether defence to be struck out — Whether necessary to prove deletion amounting to perversion of course of justice and making fair trial impossible — CPR r 3.4(2), PD 31B, para 7

[2025] EWHC 222 (KB); [2025] 1 WLR 2304; [2025] WLR(D) 79, KBD