Stewart, Gordon Butch (Hon) v Muna Issa, Dr. Paulette Robinson, Jamie Stewart-McConnell, Owen James and Nicky Farquharson

Defamation: Application to strike out claim of libel; whether striking out available in libel actions; whether striking out provisions in CPR 26 exhaustive; consideration in determining whether court should strike; Court's power to impose conditions on parties in making orders. Court's duty to manage cases and to apply over-riding objective.