[1] This is our common judgment in respect of all eight applications filed by the respondents.

[2] In the High Court at Kuala Lumpur, the appellants filed a civil suit against the respondents for the tort of conspiracy to cause injury by unlawful means. For the record, the 1st respondent is the serving Prime Minister of Malaysia whilst the 2nd respondent is his wife.

[3] The respondents who were represented by seven different sets of lawyers filed eight separate applications to strike out the suit on the common ground that the writ and amended statement of claim did not disclose any reasonable cause of action, were scandalous, frivolous and vexatious and/or an abuse of the Court process. All eight applications were filed pursuant to O 18 r 19(1) of the Rules of 2012 ("the Rules").

[4] The applications by the 1st and 2nd re