England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE
COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
(MRS JUSTICE HALLETT)

		Royal Courts of Justice Strand London WC2 Tuesday, 16th April 2002

Tuesday, 16th April 2002

1. LORD JUSTICE THORPE: In the absence of Mrs Hedden, my Lord will give the first judgment.
2. MR JUSTICE MOSES: This is an application for permission to appeal from an order of Hallett J refusing permission to appeal. The original decision, which it appears Mrs Hedden was seeking to appeal, was a decision of District Judge White made on 21st November 2001. There was an application by Mrs Hedden to appeal against that decision, which was dismissed by Judge Coterill in the Thornton County Court on 11th December 2000. Unfortunately, Judge Coterill was operating under the misapprehension that there was no requirement for an oral hearing. There was.
3. Today was due to be an oral hearing. Suffice it to say that the voluminous grounds, if they may be called such, advanced by the applicant, Brenda Hedden, demonstrate no ground whatever for impugning the decision of District Judge White. A number of allegations have been made about not only the judges, but also the court officers who have dealt with this matter, and it is apparent a very great deal of judicial time has already been spent on what appears to me to be wholly ungrounded allegations made against those judges and the court officers.
4. I shall not, therefore, prolong the expenditure of judicial time by dealing with this application any further. There is no basis in it whatever. For my part I would dismiss it.
5. LORD JUSTICE THORPE: I agree. This application is accordingly dismissed.
(Application dismissed; no order for costs).