UNWARRANTED FRAUD ALLEGATION LEADS TO INDEMNITY COSTS BEING AWARDED

In  Natixis SA v Marex Financial & Ors [2019] EWHC 2549 (Comm) an award of indemnity costs was made against a party who had alleged fraud all the way up to closing submissions.   It highlights the dangers of pleading fraud in a case where the case is "inferential". Even the abandonment of the fr...