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Steven Lord Lloyd-Bagrationi & Anor, Re

[2023] EWFC 128
These applicants have repeatedly tried to get a court to declare who their parents are. The court refused their latest attempt because they've already tried twice and haven't given any new information. The court might stop them from trying again in the future.

Key Facts

  • Application for a declaration of parentage by Steven Lord Lloyd-Bagrationi and Gillian Smith-Moorhouse.
  • This is the third application regarding the applicants' parentage.
  • Previous applications were dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction and were deemed totally without merit.
  • Applicants failed to disclose previous applications in subsequent filings.
  • Applicants argued the applications were based on different grounds, despite being identical.
  • Applicants submitted additional documents, previously presented in earlier cases.

Legal Principles

Court's power to strike out a statement of case.

Family Procedure Rules 2010, Rule 4.4

Abuse of court process.

Family Procedure Rules 2010, Rule 4.4(1)(b)

Jurisdiction in parentage cases.

Not explicitly stated but implied throughout the judgment.

Outcomes

Application struck out.

The application is an abuse of the court's process; it's identical to previous applications, with no new evidence, and made in the hope of a different outcome.

Application certified as totally without merit.

The application is an abuse of court process and lacks merit.

No Civil Restraint Order made at this time.

While the court considers a future order possible, previous applications weren't certified as totally without merit.

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