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Navigator Equities Ltd v Deripaska

Hearings

17 Jul 2020 [2020] EWHC 1798 (Comm), QBD (Andrew Baker J)

30 Nov 2021 [2021] EWCA Civ 1799; [2022] 1 WLR 3656; [2022] 2 All ER 995; [2021] WLR(D) 607, CA (Asplin, Carr, Snowden LJJ)

31 Mar 2022 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused

Subject Matter

PRACTICE — Contempt of court — Abuse

[2020] EWHC 1798 (Comm), QBD

CONTEMPT OF COURT — Committal order — Civil contempt — Application to strike out committal application as abuse of process — Whether merits of committal application relevant on strike-out application — Whether subjective motive of committal applicant relevant on strike-out application — Whether committal applicant having quasi-prosecutorial role requiring committal application to be pursued dispassionately

[2021] EWCA Civ 1799; [2022] 1 WLR 3656; [2022] 2 All ER 995; [2021] WLR(D) 607, CA

Appellate History

Navigator Equities Ltd v Deripaska [2020] EWHC 1798 (Comm), QBD

Decision of Andrew Baker J reversed in part

Navigator Equities Ltd v Deripaska [2021] EWCA Civ 1799; [2022] 1 WLR 3656; [2022] 2 All ER 995; [2021] WLR(D) 607, CA

Commentary

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Bringing Contempt Proceedings - Making a contempt application 81.9

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