“… THE JUDGE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY EITHER SIDE WAS PROPOSING TO SPEND LARGE SUMS ON LITIGATION THAT APPEARED BOTH FUTILE TO BRING AND SENSELESS TO DEFEND”: COURT OF APPEAL DECISION ON SECURITY FOR COSTS

The decision of the Court of Appeal in Heathfield International LLC v Axiom Stone (London) Ltd & Anor [2021] EWCA Civ 1242 is about security for costs.  The "mysteries" as to why the action was being brought and defended, played a large part in the Court upholding the judge's decision not to ord...