QB-2022-002353 - [2025] EWHC 1836 (KB)
Fecha: 18-Jul-2025
Heading
Mr Justice Butcher Approved Judgment | Al-Azzawi v Moustafa |

Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
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 hearing of 3-4 July 2025 10
The Defendant’s application 10
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
Mr Justice Butcher :
- Heading
- Introduction
- The Underlying Facts
- These proceedings
- The hearing of 3-4 July 2025
- Analysis
- The Set Aside Application
- Legal Principles
- The Defendant’s grounds for the Set Aside Application
- Failures of Fair Presentation
- No proper basis for the extensions
- Conclusions on Set Aside Application
- The Stay Application
- Conclusions