The defendant in Harrington Scott Ltd v Coupe Bradbury Solicitors Ltd was hugely successful in having the claim struck out for abuse of process. An incidental, but thought-provoking, topic was whether a claim for pre-judgment interest at the post-judgment rate was inherently unsustainable.
Nicholas Davidson KC agrees that on the authorities such a claim is not entirely doomed to fail, but argues that it usually should.
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