Guidance
Vexatious litigants
List of vexatious litigants, banned from starting court cases without permission.
Applies to England and Wales
Vexatious litigants are individuals who persistently take legal action against others in cases without any merit, who are forbidden from starting civil cases in courts without permission.
You cannot apply for help with fees if you are listed as a vexatious litigant.
Vexatious litigants must apply to the High Court for permission to start a civil case in court. If you need to apply for permission, you must pay the full court fee. If successful, you can apply for a refund by completing and submitting form EX160 to the court within 3 months of the decision.
You must provide evidence for any application, as well as a sealed copy of the order granting you permission to issue proceedings.
Vexatious litigants
| Name | Also known as | Date order was made |
|---|---|---|
| Adams, Leslie James | 20 May 1966 | |
| Akena, Adoko | 20 May 2004 | |
| Alexander, Anthony | 26 November 2003 | |
| Allan, George Harvey | 18 June 1964 | |
| Allan, Theophilus Vincent | 8 July 1987 | |
| Ali, Haider | 13 May 2008 | |
| Amin, Azad | 12 July 2000 | |
| Arnold, Dorothy Mignon | Arnold, Gracie | 17 December 1956 |
| Auburn, Jack | Morton, Herbert | 4 November 1976 |
| Badibanga, Kay Etienne | 17 February 2003 | |
| Barnes, Peter Michael | 4 December 2002 | |
| Barrett, Stanley Arthur | 20 October 1955 | |
| Bebbington, Ann Marjorie | Easton, Ann Cholmondeley | 31 January 1969 |
| Becker, Dorothy | 13 March 1969 | |
| Benton, Paul | 28 July 2004 | |
| Bhamjee, Ismail Abdulhai | 8 December 2003 | |
| Bishop, Malcolm Frederick | 5 July 2000 | |
| Blackstone, James Luke | 19 December 1994 | |
| Blank, Maurice | 11 March 1970 | |
| Bloy, Walter | 17 June 1993 | |
| Boothe-Chambers, Michael | Chambers, Mike | 14 June 2001 |
| Branch, Anthony | 17 February 2005 | |
| Branch, Shirley | 17 February 2005 | |
| Brantschen, Anne | Marsh-Read, Anne | 18 November 1971 |
| Bridgeman, Albert | 21 November 1980 | |
| Brookner, Bernice Karen | 18 November 1997 | |
| Brownlie, Andrea | 16 October 2007 | |
| Burgess, Ralph | 14 July 2004 | |
| Burke, Stanley | 8 November 1985 | |
| Cadigan, Jeane Josephine | 31 January 1956 | |
| Cameron, Sheila | 29 July 2004 | |
| Campbell, John Dobson | 29 July 1997 | |
| Carruthers, Jane | 26 April 2016 | |
| Carruthers, Stuart Hardwicke | 26 April 2016 | |
| Chitole, Dick Lucien | 27 July 2004 | |
| Collins, Alan David | 9 December 1996 | |
| Collins, Ann Margaret | 9 December 1996 | |
| Cooper, Barry | 15 February 1979 | |
| Cooper, Dan Colin | 23 November 1983 | |
| Coupe, Ellen | 29 November 1999 | |
| Covey, Andy | 6 October 2000 | |
| Cutler, Roy Edward | 2 December 1986 | |
| Daisystar Ltd | 1 December 1997 | |
| Dauncey, Sandra | 4 December 1991 | |
| Day, Leonard | 9 July 1996 | |
| De Vries, Juda | 7 November 1986 | |
| Dennis, Cecilia | 3 February 1965 | |
| Doswell, Errol Edward | 15 February 2005 | |
| Douglas, Paula May | 8 June 2006 | |
| Drozdowski, Andrew Martin | 6 April 1998 | |
| Ebert, Gedaljahu | 7 July 2000 | |
| Edgar, David Alan | 1 February 2002 | |
| Edwards, Ralston Peter | 20 June 2001 | |
| Edwards, Simon Albert | 1 July 2010 | |
| Elliott, Peter John | 6 October 2016 | |
| Ewing, Terence Patrick | 12 February 1990 | |
| Fabian, Michael | 18 June 1997 | |
| Field, Royle | Field, Roy | 27 November 1987 |
| Field-Royston, Mark A | 3 November 1997 | |
| Fletcher, Simon William Peel Vickers | Fletcher, Vel William Peel | 12 October 1983 |
| Foden, Veronica Beryl | 7 April 2005 | |
| Foley, Harry Desmond | 18 February 1997 | |
| Foley, Lewis Frank | Foley, Frank Lewis | 18 February 1997 |
| Ford, Daniel | 12 June 2008 | |
| Ford, Liubov | 12 June 2008 | |
| Foy, Toneye | 26 October 1987 | |
| Fradkina, Raisa | 26 November 2003 | |
| Gayle-Childs, Leslie | 7 December 2020 (amended 2 February 2021) | |
| Galloway, John Murray | 27 March 1990 | |
| Gill, Thomas Patrick | 14 November 2006 | |
| Gleaves, Roger Charles Augustine | 25 June 1982 | |
| Gleaves, Roger Charles Augustine | 7 March 1985 | |
| Goble, Francis George | 20 November 1995 | |
| Goldstein, Dr Anthony Jonathan | 12 December 1995 | |
| Golmick, Greta Hedgwig Frieda Maria | Golmick-Wahl, Greta Hedgwig Frieda Maria | 31 October 1962 |
| Gough, Bernard Alfred | BA Gough Equipment Ltd | 20 March 1995 |
| Gray, Benjamin | 26 March 2024 | |
| Green, Alfred Edwin Ambrose | 3 November 1983 | |
| Green, Glenford | 9 May 2001 | |
| Green, Linbird | 9 May 2001 | |
| Gush, Thelma | 5 December 1961 | |
| Hale, Ronald Gerald Derek | 11 May 1981 | |
| Hannam, Peter | 20 October 1988 | |
| Haralabidis, Nicholas | 24 November 1997 | |
| Hayward, Peter Rubery | Lyell, Sir Nicholas Walter (formerly PR Hayward) | 17 February 1994 |
| Hellyer, Michael Marshall | 7 March 2001 | |
| Henry, Joseph Josiah | 31 January 1969 | |
| Hodgson, Francis | 22 March 1996 | |
| Jamieson, John, Reginald | 13 December 2001 | |
| Johnson, Harry | 26 February 1996 | |
| Johnson, Kenneth | 7 January 1986 | |
| Johnson, Lee | Johnson, Michael Lee and Johnson, Michael Leo | 3 May 2017 |
| Jones, David Owen | 16 December 1983 | |
| Jones, David Robert | 7 December 2000 | |
| Jones, Marcus David | 20 March 1989 | |
| Kalibala | 12 February 1996 | |
| Khaira, Asa Singh | 26 October 2000 | |
| Knightley, Betty | 14 June 1986 | |
| Kohanzad, Nader | 9 October 2001 | |
| Landau, Ivan Aubrey | 11 May 1992 | |
| Landau, Mrs Audrey | 3 March 1994 | |
| Langton, Philip Sidney | 10 February 1966 | |
| Lawal, Adekunle Adejare | 11 March 2004 | |
| Leicester, Margaret | 28 October 2005 | |
| Leicester, Royston David | 28 October 2005 | |
| Lewis, Kess Thomas | 17 November 2004 | |
| Long, Helen May | 10 July 1969 | |
| Lowe, Nicholas John | 14 January 1998 | |
| Lucas, Queenie Evelyn | 1 December 1986 | |
| MacCarthy, Michael Reginald | 19 December 1962 | |
| Marlow, George Edward | 23 January 1962 | |
| Marshall, Christopher | 16 July 1998 | |
| Mathew, Thomas | 15 February 1991 | |
| Matthews, Barry | 14 November 2000 | |
| Matthews, Ida | 30 October 1950 | |
| Millinder, Paul | 6 July 2021 | |
| Mensah, Esther Modukpe Dzagbley | 13 May 2004 | |
| Menzies, Rowan Gavin Paton | 2 August 1996 | |
| Mohtasham, Elahe | 19 May 2005 | |
| Moore, Barbara | 18 May 1962 | |
| Morriss, Barbara Ellen Rhoda Fielding | 14 April 1997 | |
| Moss (aka Moffat), Gerald | Deceased | |
| Mottershead, Ruth Ann | 29 March 2000 | |
| Murphy, John Edmund | 25 October 1984 | |
| Murphy, Teresa | 25 October 1984 | |
| Nnadi, Alaoma Godwin | 14 December 1984 | |
| Nortcott, Gerald Francis | 26 February 1980 | |
| O’Neill, Margarita | Morris, John | 9 June 1998 |
| O’Neill, Thomas | Falconer of Thoronton, Lord Charles Leslie | 9 June 1998 |
| Oakes, Arthur | 15 February 2000 | |
| Orishagbeme, KD | 13 November 1987 | |
| Owusu-Nyantekyi, Kojo | 16 October 2001 | |
| Parkinson, Peter Eric | 6 March 2000 | |
| Pepin, John | 27 May 2004 | |
| Perotti, Angelo | 28 April 2006 | |
| Persaud, Norman Ernest | Persaud, Norman Siteram | 22 February 1996 |
| Pomphrey, Gloria Margaret Corinaldi | 2 February 1995 | |
| Prankerd, Peter Henry | 18 November 1993 | |
| Prescott, Joan | 8 March 1988 | |
| Purvis, Paul Nigel | 3 December 2003 | |
| Ratra, Uday | 23 May 2003 | |
| Richards, Miriam | 3 November 1998 | |
| Rinehart, Paul | Rowe, Michael Stuart | 15 July 1997 |
| Roach, Ion Curtis | 2 March 1998 | |
| Robinson, Arthur | 10 December 1992 | |
| Robinson, Frieda Alberta | 10 December 1992 | |
| Robinson, Max John | 12 May 1998 | |
| Rogers, Gwendolen Rhoda | 8 March 1996 | |
| Rohrberg, Monica | 24 March 1975 | |
| Rosato, Anthony Leandro | 9 October 1995 | |
| Russell, Frederick Boyd | 9 February 1965 | |
| Salakov, Andre John | 18 November 1999 | |
| Sammy-Joe, Roggee Goodfellow | Ekhaguere, Sammy Jasowa Osaigbovo | 10 July 1969 |
| Samuels, Graham | 22 July 2002 | |
| Saxena, Ram Pratap | 21 November 2003 | |
| Sayer, George Frank | 7 July 1986 | |
| Scarr, Alexander Lowther | 7 December 1987 | |
| Scriven, Geoffrey | 4 February 2000 | |
| Sheikh, Anal | 26 March 2019 | |
| Singer, Harold June | Singer, Harry | 24 January 2012 |
| Singer, June | 25 January 2012 | |
| Simmons, Kenneth William | 26 June 2003 | |
| Sivasubramaniam, Markandu | 9 April 2008 | |
| Soares, Delroy Anthony | 1 March 1999 | |
| Soul, Robert Frederick | 28 October 1964 | |
| Stamoulakatos, Nicholas | 7 March 2000 | |
| Stevens, Valerie Anne | Schwab or Schwab-Morris, Valerie Anne | 6 April 1984 |
| Sujeen, Basoodeo | 27 February 1996 | |
| Tannock, John Caldwell | 23 January 1962 | |
| Taylor, Boris Falcon | 7 October 1987 | |
| Tejendrasingh, Sardar | 10 April 1997 | |
| Thompson, Arthur George | 1 July 1958 | |
| Thorne, Dr Carl-Theo | 27 June 1973 | |
| Tingey, William | 26 November 1986 | |
| Tinsley, Robert | 14 December 1984 | |
| Tobiasinsky, Barbara | 8 November 1988 | |
| Vaidya, Shreedhar | 20 July 2017 | |
| Van-Dari, Haroun El | Bhandari, Arun and Van-Dari, Haroun Elijah Luke | 11 March 1988 |
| Vernazza, Anthony | 9 April 1959 | |
| Vidler, Barry Cornelius | 30 March 1998 | |
| Wakefield, Violet Marion | 12 January 1984 | |
| Walker, Denzil Keith | 21 October 1999 | |
| Ward, Alan Christopher Spencer | Ward, Alan Geoffrey and Ford, Alan | 29 January 1997 |
| Webb, Albert James | 20 January 1984 | |
| Webb, Eileen Stella Margaret | 20 January 1984 | |
| Williams, John | 22 April 1996 | |
| Williams, Richard Hugh | 20 December 1982 | |
| Williams, Richard Hugh | 16 May 1985 | |
| Williamson, Reverend Paul Stewart | 16 July 1997 | |
| Wills, Geoffrey Donald Arthur | 22 July 1994 | |
| Wood, Ellen Elizabeth | 25 June 1981 | |
| Wood, Francis | 25 June 1981 | |
| Wray, Bridget Deltora | 11 November 1996 |
Updates to this page
Published 15 December 2014
Last updated 2 May 2025
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Updated page 2 May 2025.
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Updated list
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Updated list 5 December 2024.
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Updated list of Vexatious litigants.
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Added new information to inform users that vexatious litigants are not automatically eligible to apply for help with fees.
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List updated
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Leslie Gayle-Childs added to list.
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Anal Sheikh added to list 4 April 2019.
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