QB-2022-002353 - [2025] EWHC 1836 (KB)
King's / Queen's Bench Division of the High Court

QB-2022-002353 - [2025] EWHC 1836 (KB)

Fecha: 18-Jul-2025

Heading

Mr Justice Butcher

Approved Judgment

Al-Azzawi v Moustafa

Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 1836 (KB)
Case No: QB-2022-002353
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING'S BENCH DIVISION

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 18 July 2025

Before:

MR JUSTICE BUTCHER

Between:

RIYADH AL-AZZAWI

Claimant

- and –

HISHAM TALAAT MOUSTAFA

     

Defendant

Philip Sapsford KC (instructed by Walker Wise Solicitors), on 3 July 2025, for the Claimant

Clare Montgomery KC and Edward Craven KC (instructed by Peters & Peters LLP) for the Defendant

Hearing dates: 3-4 July 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10:00am on 18th July 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.

Table of Contents

The Underlying Facts 3

These proceedings 4

The hearing of 3-4 July 2025 10

Analysis 10

The Defendant’s application 10

The Set Aside Application 11

Legal Principles 11

The Defendant’s grounds for the Set Aside Application 20

Failures of Fair Presentation 20

No proper basis for the extensions 24

Conclusions on Set Aside Application 25

The Stay Application 26

Conclusion 28

Mr Justice Butcher :