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OLW 204 Law of Tort-Part I,AGGREY WAKILI

developed, from conspiracy- to curb misuse of the machinery of justice. 
 
READ: 
(1) WINFIELD, 
History of Conspiracy and Abuse of Legal Procedure
 (1921); 
(2) WINFIELD, 
Present Law of Abuse of Legal Procedure
 (1921); 
(3) STEPHEN, 
H., 
Malicious Prosecution
 (1888). 
 
In contrast to False Imprisonment, for example, the tort of Malicious 


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Prosecution has stringent requirement. For Plaintiff to succeed in an action for 
Malicious Prosecution he must prove: 
(1) 
That the Defendant prosecuted him; that prosecution ended in Plaintiff's 
favour; 
(2) 
That there was absence of reasonable probable cause for prosecution, 
and 
(3) 
That the Defendant was actuated by malice. 
 
Malicious Prosecution is malicious institution against another of unsuccessful 
criminal proceedings; or bankruptcy proceedings; or liquidation proceedings 
without reasonable or probable cause:
 
Read Abrath v. The North Eastern Rly Co. (1886) 11 App. (as. 247, 11 QBD 440]; 
 
Johnson v. Emerson (1871) LR 6 Ex. 329;
Metropolitan Bank v. Pooley (1885) 10 App.Cas. 210
; and 
Quartz Hill Con. Gold Mining Co. v. Eyre (1883) 11 QBD 674

 
In an action for Malicious Prosecution, Plaintiff will be required to prove: 
(i) That he was prosecuted by the Defendant. 
(ii) That the proceedings complained of terminated in his 
favour (of the Plaintiff), or if from their nature they were 

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