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United Kingdom indemnity basismisfeasance in public office

Three Rivers DC v Bank of England

[2006] EWHC 816 (Comm)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court (Commercial Court, Queen's Bench Division)
Year2006
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Where claimants pursue serious allegations of dishonesty (here, misfeasance in public office against the Bank of England over its supervision of BCCI) without an adequate evidential foundation and then discontinue, the defendant is entitled to its costs on the indemnity basis.

Area of Law

General

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