IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM THE CHANCERY DIVISION
(MR JUSTICE BLACKBURNE AND MR JUSTICE HART)
Strand London WC2A 2LL Thursday 5 July 2001 |
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B e f o r e :
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PETER MICHAEL BARNES | ||
Claimant/Applicant | ||
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WOOLWICH PLC | ||
Defendant/Respondent |
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"Dear Sirs,
I confirm my telephone conversation yesterday with Civil appeals listing requesting this matter be adjourned, and as I came up to the High Court yesterday to lodge other papers was not able to fax my request in writing until now.
I was wrongly made bankrupt by the perversion of the cause of justice and Uttlesford previously committing Criminal offences including fraud."
"Whilst I have been awaiting a year for these appeals to be heard and would have wanted them heard much sooner, my cases are currently the subject of a MET Police CID investigation. As the matter also involves Criminal allegations regarding the Court Service, it would be inappropriate to have a hearing at this time, until the investigation is concluded.
I therefore request a stay of all proceedings and the above appeals to be adjourned with liberty to restore.
Yours faithfully,
P Barnes."
"It was apparent that the judge had not read the court file. It was apparent that the judge had not read the appellant's skeleton argument in support of the application. The court file was in a mess, not in a sensible order. The judge did not take into account the relevant facts and believed the respondent's counsel who had even been instructed as to the facts."