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Guidance
Vexatious litigants
- From:
- HM Courts & Tribunals Service
- Published:
- 15 December 2014
- Last updated:
- 8 May 2017, see all updates
- Applies to:
- England and Wales (see guidance for Northern Ireland and Scotland)
List of vexatious litigants, banned from starting court cases without permission.
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 |
| Arora, Krishan Kumar | 23 Jul 2001 (for 12 years) | |
| Auburn, Jack | Morton, Herbert | 4 Nov 1976 |
| Badibanga, Kay Etienne | 17 Feb 2003 | |
| Barnes, Peter Michael | 4 Dec 2002 | |
| Barrett, Alan Gordon | 9 Oct 2001 (for 12 years) | |
| 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 | |
| Cutts, Oliver Alfred Sydney (deceased) | 4 Mar 1992 | |
| 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 | |
| Eliott, 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 | |
| Mahon, Kevin Dermot | 8 Oct 2003 (for 12 years) | |
| 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 | |
| Moore, Edna May | Squires, Dorothy | 5 Mar 1987 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |