Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc

Subject Matter

LIMITATION OF ACTION — Judgment debt — Interest — Claim to recover arrears of interest in respect of order for costs subject to detailed assessment — Detailed assessment occurring more than six years after costs order made — Whether claim time-barred — Whether interest first becoming “due” on making of costs order or following detailed assessment — Judgments Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict c 110), s 17 — Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), s 24(2)

[2023] EWHC 1527 (Comm); [2023] 1 WLR 3737; [2023] 4 All ER 84; [2023] 2 All ER (Comm) 526; [2023] WLR(D) 291, KBD

LIMITATION OF ACTION — Judgment debt — Interest — Claim to recover arrears of interest in respect of order for costs — Whether claim time-barred — Whether arrears of interest first becoming “due” on making of costs order or following detailed assessment — Judgments Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict c 110), s 17 — Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), s 24(2)

[2024] EWCA Civ 245; [2024] KB 804; [2024] 3 WLR 135; [2025] 1 All ER 67; [2024] WLR(D) 121, CA

Appellate History