Anyone see this in The Irish Times recently, a report that:
A High Court judge has bemoaned a "rash" of "strikingly similar" court cases brought by lay litigants that "make absolutely no sense" legally.
Mr Justice Brian O'Moore said the actions brought increasingly in recent years claim a plaintiff is protected, under the Constitution and the Treaty of Europe, from all court summonses and orders.
A number of recent judgments have concluded this sort of claim is frivolous, vexatious, bound to fail and an abuse of process, he said.
The judge regretted that people peddling this form of case to litigants without professional legal representation have "not yet themselves been made accountable for the pointless legal costs and expense which their activities have generated".
And:
He endorsed the sentiment expressed in another High Court judgment by Ms Justice Eileen Roberts, who said "so much court and judicial time has been taken up dealing with what are essentially the same legal arguments advanced by parties over and over again, even though not a single case has been, or indeed could be, successful on these points".
And there was this example:
Mr Justice O'Moore previously dismissed an "incoherent" claim of this nature brought by horse trainer Anthony Mullins, of Watree Stud, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, against debt firm Everyday Finance DAC and a receiver. The claims against the State defendants remained.
Mr Mullins wanted €5 million damages and a declaration his constitutional rights have been denied due to him being the "victim" of a court order, the judge said. The action was struck out against Everday and the receiver as frivolous and vexatious and as not disclosing any cause of action.
Is this part of the whole sovereign crew? Some sort of echo of it or a completely separate phenomenon?
What's remarkable is how much time is being taken up by this and as was noted in the article given limited resources and 'a pressurised court system' that has obvious impacts on others going through that system.
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