PURSUING POINTLESS COMMITTAL PROCEEDINGS COULD BE COSTLY: FOR THE APPLICANT

In Public Joint Stock Company Vseukrainskyi Aktsionernyi Bank -v- Maskimov [2014] EWHC 4370 (Comm) Mr Justice Hamblen made it clear that essentially useless litigation will lead to costs against a claimant. The judge awarded costs against the claimant bank  in committal proceedings even though there...