Hearings
England & Wales
18 Dec 2009 [2009] EWCA Civ 1402; [2010] Ch 467; [2010] 2 WLR 1265; [2010] PTSR 1246; [2010] 2 All ER 741; [2009] WLR (D) 380, CA
Land Securities plc v Fladgate Fielder
Subject Matter
TORT — Cause of action — Abuse of civil process — Defendant bringing judicial review proceedings challenging grant of planning permissions — Proceedings delaying claimants’ redevelopment projects — Defendants allegedly bringing proceedings as means of obtaining financial advantage from claimant rather than to quash planning decisions — Claimants bringing action for abuse of process for damages for loss caused by delay to redevelopment projects — Whether claim for abuse of process lying in respect of economic loss — Whether tort applying to judicial review proceedings — Whether defendants acting for improper or collateral advantage rendering proceedings abusive
[2009] EWCA Civ 1402; [2010] Ch 467; [2010] 2 WLR 1265; [2010] PTSR 1246; [2010] 2 All ER 741; [2009] WLR (D) 380, CA
Appellate History
Land Securities plc v Fladgate Fielder [2009] EWCA Civ 1402; [2010] Ch 467; [2010] 2 WLR 1265; [2010] PTSR 1246; [2010] 2 All ER 741; [2009] WLR (D) 380, CA
Decision of Bernard Livesey QC sitting as a deputy judge of the Chancery Division affirmed on different grounds
Land Securities plc v Fladgate Fielder [2009] EWCA Civ 1402; [2010] Ch 467; [2010] 2 WLR 1265; [2010] PTSR 1246; [2010] 2 All ER 741; [2009] WLR (D) 380, CA