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Inherent jurisdiction

Practical Law UK Practice Note 5-548-6145 (Approx. 20 pages)

This note considers the court's inherent jurisdiction. It examines some areas of civil procedure in which this power is commonly exercised, including the court's inherent jurisdiction to stay or strike out proceedings, vary its own orders, grant or restrict access to certain documents and set-off one judgment sum against another.

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