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Strike out definition

What does Strike out mean? Strike out refers to the court removing all or part of a claim, defence or other pleading, or excising passages from evidence (such as a witness statement or affidavit), so the material is no longer on the record and cannot be relied on. It is a case‑management power used to summarily dispose of issues or exclude inadmissible or non‑compliant material, on application or of its own initiative. Typical grounds include no reasonable grounds to bring or defend the claim, abuse of process, failure to comply with rules, practice directions or court orders, and matter that is scandalous, irrelevant, oppressive or inadmissible. England...

Strike out and summary judgment (England and Wales): CPR framework, overlaps and distinctions; interaction with default judgment, relief from sanctions, amendments to pleadings, case management powers and arbitration stays

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Practice notes

Successful bids to Strike out, or to secure Summary judgment on, a claim, defence or discrete issue are, at core, about bringing that matter, or that identified point, in the proceedings to a close. A summary judgment application is frequently pursued alongside a strike out request. It is therefore helpful to explore where these applications overlap, as well as how they differ. Further, there are additional mechanisms by which parties can be stopped from pressing on with a claim, or a particular issue within it, and it is again helpful to assess how summary judgment and strike out interact with those other routes. For general guidance on strike out applications, see Practice Note: Strike out applications—what, who and when and related content. For general guidance on summary judgment applications, see Practice Note: Summary judgment applications—what, who and when and related content.

Amendments to CPR Part 24 and CPR PD 24—1 October 2023

Practitioners should be aware that, with effect from 1 October 2023, the CPR provisions dealing with summary judgment were revised. CPR Part 24 has been substituted and CPR PD 24 has been revoked. The changes were designed...

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