JUDGMENT

Anthony Colman J

Introduction

[1] There are before the court two applications. The Defendant, Mr Roman Abramovich, to whom I shall refer throughout as "RA", applies (1) to strike out the claim against him by Mr Boris Berezovsky, to whom I shall refer as "BB", under CPR 3.4(2)(a) - "the statement of case discloses no reasonable grounds for bringing - the claim" - and under CPR 3.4(2)(b) - "the statement of case is an abuse of the courts process" - or (2) for summary judgment against BB on the whole of his claim under CPR 24.2 on the grounds that (a) BB has no real prospect of succeeding on the claim and (b) there is no other compelling reason why the case should be disposed of at a trial.

[2] The Claimant, BB, applies for permission to amend his Particulars of Claim and Reply in various distinct respects. He does so - as so frequently occurs in the face of a defendants strike out or summary judgment application - in order to attempt to improve upon his case, as originally advanced, by addition or clarification in the light of the defendants criticisms. In the present case the amendment application is partly opposed on the grounds that it seeks to introduce new causes of action