Actor’s 11th hour attempt to add new claim to his case before trial rejected in unanimous judgment

Noel Clarke has suffered a legal setback after the court of appeal rejected his 11th-hour bid to seek to add a new ‘conspiracy’ claim to his lawsuit, which could have delayed the start of a libel trial.

Clarke’s lawyers had wanted try to introduce the ‘conspiracy’ claim, which would have involved adding six new co-defendants to the case, before the trial.