In relation to court proceedings, it can be an abuse of process for a defendant to seek to reopen issues decided against it as defendant in previous court proceedings.
Citations:
[1990] 3 All ER 547
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – OMV Petrom Sa v Glencore International Ag ComC 7-Feb-2014
The claimant sought to have struck out as abuse of process parts of the defence, saying that the factual issues raised had already been resolved in arbitration proceedings, but as against a different oarty. The defendant replied that the arbitration . .
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Litigation Practice
Updated: 20 May 2022; Ref: scu.521109