Leave to appeal from an interlocutory strike-out order on practice and procedure grounds will be refused where the pleading fails to disclose a reasonable cause of action and the applicant cannot demonstrate sufficient doubt attending the decision or substantial injustice from refusal. A party's straitened financial circumstances do not warrant departure from the general rule that costs follow the event.
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