Vexatious Litigants
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- Held At: Parliamentary Archives: GB-061
- Catalogue Reference: HL/PO/JU/41/226
- Accession Number: 6595
- Date: Dec 1973-Dec 1995
- Level: File
- Extent: 1 file
- Creator Name: House of Lords; Judicial Office; 1854-2009
- Acquisition: Transferred to the Parliamentary Archives in 2009 when the Judicial Office ceased to exist and all judicial activities moved to the UK Supreme Court.
- Description: Vexatious litigation is legal action which is brought, regardless of its merits, solely to harass or subdue an adversary. It may take the form of a primary frivolous lawsuit or may be the repetitive, burdensome, and unwarranted filing of meritless motions in a matter which is otherwise a meritorious cause of action. File contains correspondence about litigants who are banned for lodging civil cases in court without permission.
- Terms:
- Access Status: Closed
- Access Conditions: Most files are closed for 30 years at point of transfer. Any requests to see these files will be considered in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
- Closed Until: 01/01/2026
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