In Re An Application Under Ordinance No. 20 Of 1919 Against Cantlay

Present : De Sampayo J,

In re an Application under Ordinance No. 20 of 1919
against CANTLAY.

Vexatious Action Ordinance, No. 20 of 1919-Ability to pay costs of unsuccessful action-Number of actions-Possible cause of actions.

In an application by the Attorney-General under section 2 (1) of the Vexatius Actions Ordinance, No. 20 of 1919, for an order that no civil legal proceedings shall be instituted by the respondents in any Court unless they obtain leave of the Supreme Court, the - fact that respondents have paid the costs of various unsuccessful actions is not a ground for refusing the application, if the litigation was in fact vexatious.

" Nor is the question dependent on the number of actions instituted, nor upon any consideration whether there may not have been possible cause of action in some of the case's. What we have to look at is the general character and result of the number of actions brought by the respondents."

THE facts are set out in the judgment.

 Illangakoon, C.C, for the applicant

D. B. Jayatileke, for the respondents.

May 28, 1981. DE SAMPAYO J.-

This is an application

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