Guidance

Vexatious litigants

List of vexatious litigants, banned from starting court cases without permission.

Published 15 December 2014
Last updated 4 April 2019 — see all updates
From:
HM Courts & Tribunals Service
Applies to:
England and Wales (see guidance for Northern Ireland and Scotland)

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.

Vexatious litigants

Name Also known as Date order was made
Adams, Leslie James   20 May 1966
Akena, Adoko   20 May 2004
Alexander, Anthony   26 Nov 2003
Allan, George Harvey   18 Jun 1964
Allan, Theophilus Vincent   8 Jul 1987
Ali, Haider   13 May 2008
Amin, Azad   12 Jul 2000
Arnold, Dorothy Mignon Arnold, Gracie 17 Dec 1956
Auburn, Jack Morton, Herbert 4 Nov 1976
Badibanga, Kay Etienne   17 Feb 2003
Barnes,  Peter Michael   4 Dec 2002
Barrett, Stanley Arthur   20 Oct 1955
Bebbington, Ann Marjorie Easton, Ann Cholmondeley 31 Jan 1969
Becker, Dorothy   13 Mar 1969
Benton, Paul   28 Jul 2004
Bhamjee, Ismail Abdulhai   8 Dec 2003
Bishop, Malcolm Frederick   5 Jul 2000
Blackstone, James Luke   19 Dec 1994
Blank, Maurice   11 Mar 1970
Bloy, Walter   17 Jun 1993
Boothe-Chambers, Michael Chambers, Mike 14 Jun 2001
Branch, Anthony   17 Feb 2005
Branch, Shirley   17 Feb 2005
Brantschen, Anne Marsh-Read, Anne 18 Nov 1971
Bridgeman, Albert   21 Nov 1980
Brookner, Bernice Karen   18 Nov 1997
Brownlie, Andrea   16 Oct 2007
Burgess, Ralph   14 Jul 2004
Burke, Stanley   8 Nov 1985
Cadigan, Jeane Josephine   31 Jan 1956
Cameron, Sheila   29 Jul 2004
Campbell, John Dobson   29 Jul 1997
Carruthers, Jane   26 Apr 2016
Carruthers, Stuart Hardwicke   26 Apr 2016
Chitole, Dick Lucien   27 Jul 2004
Collins, Alan David   9 Dec 1996
Collins, Ann Margaret   9 Dec 1996
Cooper, Barry   15 Feb 1979
Cooper, Dan Colin   23 Nov 1983
Coupe, Ellen   29 Nov 1999
Covey, Andy   6 Oct 2000
Cutler, Roy Edward   2 Dec 1986
Daisystar Ltd   1 Dec 1997
Dauncey, Sandra   4 Dec 1991
Day, Leonard   9 Jul 1996
De Vries, Juda   7 Nov 1986
Dennis, Cecilia   3 Feb 1965
Doswell, Errol Edward   15 Feb 2005
Douglas, Paula May   8 Jun 2006
Drozdowski, Andrew Martin   6 Apr 1998
Ebert, Gedaljahu   7 Jul 2000
Edgar, David Alan   1 Feb 2002
Edwards, Ralston Peter   20 Jun 2001
Edwards, Simon Albert   1 Jul 2010
Elliott, Peter John   6 Oct 2016
Ewing, Terence Patrick   12 Feb 1990
Fabian, Michael   18 Jun 1997
Field, Royle Field, Roy 27 Nov 1987
Field-Royston, Mark A   3 Nov 1997
Fletcher, Simon William Peel Vickers Fletcher, Vel William Peel 12 Oct 1983
Foden, Veronica Beryl   7 Apr 2005
Foley, Harry Desmond   18 Feb 1997
Foley, Lewis Frank Foley, Frank Lewis 18 Feb 1997
Ford, Daniel   12 Jun 2008
Ford, Liubov   12 Jun 2008
Foy, Toneye   26 Oct 1987
Fradkina, Raisa   26 Nov 2003
Galloway, John Murray   27 Mar 1990
Gill, Thomas Patrick   14 Nov 2006
Gleaves, Roger Charles Augustine   25 Jun 1982
Gleaves, Roger Charles Augustine   7 Mar 1985
Goble, Francis George   20 Nov 1995
Goldstein, Dr Anthony Jonathan   12 Dec 1995
Golmick, Greta Hedgwig Frieda Maria Golmick-Wahl, Greta Hedgwig Frieda Maria 31 Oct 1962
Gough, Bernard Alfred BA Gough Equipment Ltd 20 Mar 1995
Green, Alfred Edwin Ambrose   3 Nov 1983
Green, Glenford   9 May 2001
Green, Linbird   9 May 2001
Gush, Thelma   5 Dec 1961
Hale, Ronald Gerald Derek   11 May 1981
Hannam, Peter   20 Oct 1988
Haralabidis, Nicholas   24 Nov 1997
Hayward, Peter Rubery Lyell, Sir Nicholas Walter (formerly PR Hayward) 17 Feb 1994
Hellyer, Michael Marshall   7 Mar 2001
Henry, Joseph Josiah   31 Jan 1969
Hodgson, Francis   22 Mar 1996
Jamieson, John, Reginald   13 Dec 2001
Johnson, Harry   26 Feb 1996
Johnson, Kenneth   7 Jan 1986
Johnson, Lee Johnson, Michael Lee and Johnson, Michael Leo 3 May 2017
Jones, David Owen   16 Dec 1983
Jones, David Robert   7 Dec 2000
Jones, Marcus David   20 Mar 1989
Kalibala   12 Feb 1996
Khaira, Asa Singh   26 Oct 2000
Knightley, Betty   14 Jun 1986
Kohanzad, Nader   9 Oct 2001
Landau, Ivan Aubrey   11 May 1992
Landau, Mrs Audrey   3 Mar 1994
Langton, Philip Sidney   10 Feb 1966
Lawal, Adekunle Adejare   11 Mar 2004
Leicester, Margaret   28 Oct 2005
Leicester, Royston David   28 Oct 2005
Lewis, Kess Thomas   17 Nov 2004
Long, Helen May   10 Jul 1969
Lowe, Nicholas John   14 Jan 1998
Lucas, Queenie Evelyn   1 Dec 1986
MacCarthy, Michael Reginald   19 Dec 1962
Marlow, George Edward   23 Jan 1962
Marshall, Christopher   16 Jul 1998
Mathew, Thomas   15 Feb 1991
Matthews, Barry   14 Nov 2000
Matthews, Ida   30 Oct 1950
Mensah, Esther Modukpe Dzagbley   13 May 2004
Menzies, Rowan Gavin Paton   2 Aug 1996
Mohtasham, Elahe   19 May 2005
Moore, Barbara   18 May 1962
Morriss, Barbara Ellen Rhoda Fielding   14 Apr 1997
Moss (aka Moffat), Gerald   Deceased
Mottershead, Ruth Ann   29 Mar 2000
Murphy, John Edmund   25 Oct 1984
Murphy, Teresa   25 Oct 1984
Nnadi, Alaoma Godwin   14 Dec 1984
Nortcott, Gerald Francis   26 Feb 1980
O’Neill, Margarita Morris, John 9 Jun 1998
O’Neill, Thomas Falconer of Thoronton, Lord Charles Leslie 9 Jun 1998
Oakes, Arthur   15 Feb 2000
Orishagbeme, KD   13 Nov 1987
Owusu-Nyantekyi, Kojo   16 Oct 2001
Parkinson, Peter Eric   6 Mar 2000
Pepin, John   27 May 2004
Perotti, Angelo   28 Apr 2006
Persaud, Norman Ernest Persaud, Norman Siteram 22 Feb 1996
Pomphrey, Gloria Margaret Corinaldi   2 Feb 1995
Prankerd, Peter Henry   18 Nov 1993
Prescott, Joan   8 Mar 1988
Purvis, Paul Nigel   3 Dec 2003
Ratra, Uday   23 May 2003
Richards, Miriam   3 Nov 1998
Rinehart, Paul Rowe, Michael Stuart 15 Jul 1997
Roach, Ion Curtis   2 Mar 1998
Robinson, Arthur   10 Dec 1992
Robinson, Frieda Alberta   10 Dec 1992
Robinson, Max John   12 May 1998
Rogers, Gwendolen Rhoda   8 Mar 1996
Rohrberg, Monica   24 Mar 1975
Rosato, Anthony Leandro   9 Oct 1995
Russell, Frederick Boyd   9 Feb 1965
Salakov, Andre John   18 Nov 1999
Sammy-Joe, Roggee Goodfellow Ekhaguere, Sammy Jasowa Osaigbovo 10 Jul 1969
Samuels, Graham   22 Jul 2002
Saxena, Ram Pratap   21 Nov 2003
Sayer, George Frank   7 Jul 1986
Scarr, Alexander Lowther   7 Dec 1987
Scriven, Geoffrey   4 Feb 2000
Sheikh, Anal   26 Mar 2019
Singer, Harold June Singer, Harry 24 Jan 2012
Singer, June   25 Jan 2012
Simmons, Kenneth William   26 Jun 2003
Sivasubramaniam, Markandu   9 Apr 2008
Soares, Delroy Anthony   1 Mar 1999
Soul, Robert Frederick   28 Oct 1964
Stamoulakatos, Nicholas   7 Mar 2000
Stevens, Valerie Anne Schwab or Schwab-Morris, Valerie Anne 6 April 1984
Sujeen, Basoodeo   27 Feb 1996
Tannock, John Caldwell   23 Jan 1962
Taylor, Boris Falcon   7 Oct 1987
Tejendrasingh, Sardar   10 Apr 1997
Thompson, Arthur George   1 Jul 1958
Thorne, Dr Carl-Theo   27 Jun 1973
Tingey, William   26 Nov 1986
Tinsley, Robert   14 Dec 1984
Tobiasinsky, Barbara   8 Nov 1988
Vaidya, Shreedhar   20 July 2017
Van-Dari, Haroun El Bhandari, Arun and Van-Dari, Haroun Elijah Luke 11 Mar 1988
Vernazza, Anthony   9 Apr 1959
Vidler, Barry Cornelius   30 Mar 1998
Wakefield, Violet Marion   12 Jan 1984
Walker, Denzil Keith   21 Oct 1999
Ward, Alan Christopher Spencer Ward, Alan Geoffrey and Ford, Alan 29 Jan 1997
Webb, Albert James   20 Jan 1984
Webb, Eileen Stella Margaret   20 Jan 1984
Williams, Betty Emma Meta   8 Jul 1992
Williams, John   22 Apr 1996
Williams, Richard Hugh   20 Dec 1982
Williams, Richard Hugh   16 May 1985
Williamson, Reverend Paul Stewart   16 Jul 1997
Wills, Geoffrey Donald Arthur   22 Jul 1994
Wood, Ellen Elizabeth   25 Jun 1981
Wood, Francis   25 Jun 1981
Wray, Bridget Deltora   11 Nov 1996
Published 15 December 2014
Last updated 4 April 2019 + show all updates

  1. Anal Sheikh added to list 4 April 2019.

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