R (Haigh) v City of Westminster Magistrates' Court (Sitting at West London Magistrates' Court)

Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court), Lord Justice Gross and Mr Justice Nicol, 12 October 2016; 16 February 2017

Costs orders - Conduct - Criminal proceedings - Private prosecutions - Duties of persons bringing private prosecutions - Whether costs incurred as a result of an unnecessary or improper act or omission by a party - Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, section 19 - Criminal Procedure Rules 2015 r 45.8

The claimant British national had been detained in prison in Dubai in May 2014, having been arrested on suspicion of financial irregularities. The claimant's former employer, GFH, had issued related civil proceedings against the claimant in the Dubai International Financial Centre (the "DIFC proceedings").