GOLDMAN AND OTHERS v ZURICH INSURANCE PLC AND ANOTHER

[2020] BLR Plus 12

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION COURT)

Before HHJ Stephen Davies (Sitting as a Judge of the High Court)

Abuse of process - Previous proceedings - Strike out application - Claim in fraud against different defendant - Fraud claim made in original proceedings against different defendant - Whether new claim could and/or should have been brought in earlier proceedings - Requirements to plead fraud - Whether new claim should proceed to trial