[2001] EWCA Civ 598

A claim for damages for alarm and "distress", brought against a police force for failure to maintain an up-to-date PNC record, would be an abuse of process because there was no real prospect of success and the appellant could neither claim for "distress" nor claim under a discrete head of damage.

CA (Civ Div) (Simon Brown LJ, Mance LJ)

06/04/2001