Man's libel action 'hateful and frivolous'

A libel action filed by a man against his estranged wife was hateful and frivolous and should never have been filed, a court ruled. It also asked for the man's lawyer to be investigated by the Commission for the Administration of Justice. The court heard that separation proceedings were pending between James Delmar, who filed the suit I his name and on behalf of his two-year-old daughter, and Charlene Delmar, and that an incident had occurred in August 2008 when Mrs Delmar alleged that her husband had forced himself upon her in an abusive manner. Mrs Delmar had, after consulting with her lawyer, filed an official complaint against her husband with the police requesting them to take criminal action.  The lawyer had also written to Mr Delmar to request him not to repeat the facts that had given rise to the complaint. On his part Mr Delmar filed a lengthy sworn statement - which the court said had been prepared for him by someone else - in which he declared that his estranged wife had made false and defamatory accusations against him.  But Mr Delmar had been unable to produce documents he claimed had been falsified. He also complained about the two letters sent by Mrs Delmar's...