Hatchett v Hampshire County Council

An application for permission to bring a second appeal should be dismissed where the Court of Appeal identifies no important point of principle and no other sufficient justification for a further appeal.

The claimant applied to the Court of Appeal for permission to appeal from a decision of the Basingstoke County Court before His Honour Judge Thompson QC. The respondent did not appear or take part in the application. The issue was whether the proposed second appeal raised an important point of principle or otherwise justified permission.

1. Application dismissed. The Court of Appeal, in a judgment delivered by Lord Justice Henry, held that there was no important point of principle in the case and nothing else that would justify a second appeal to that court.
2. The court therefore refused permission to appeal. The formal order was that the application for permission to appeal be dismissed.

• Court of Appeal (Civil Division): Application for permission to appeal from the Basingstoke County Court dismissed. The judgment appealed from is not otherwise identified or cited in the supplied text.