Section 166 — Senior Courts Act 2016: Judge may make order restricting commencement or continuation of proceeding

166 Judge may make order restricting commencement or continuation of proceeding (1) A Judge of the High Court may make an order restricting a person from commencing or continuing a civil proceeding. (2) The order may have— (a) a limited effect (a limited order ); or (b) an extended effect (an extended order ); or (c) a general effect (a general order ). (3) A limited order restrains a party from commencing or continuing civil proceedings on a particular matter in a senior court, another court, or a tribunal. (4) An extended order restrains a party from commencing or continuing civil proceedings on a particular or related matter in a senior court, another court, or a tribunal. (5) A general order restrains a party from commencing or continuing civil proceedings in a senior court, another court, or a tribunal. (6) Nothing in this section limits the court’s inherent power to control its own proceedings.