Leeson v Marsden and United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust

[2008] LS Law Med 393

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

and Mrs Justice COX

Clinical negligence — Procedure — Abuse of process — Section 33 Limitation Act 1980 discretion — Overlap between two — Whether Court required to engage in separate exercises of discretion in same case on same facts — whether discretion under section 33(3) unfettered by any restriction relating to previous use of the courts resources in earlier litigation