“Lawfare”, big money divorces, and the impact of the new tort of malicious prosecution of civil proceedings 4 New Square Chambers: In Brief

In a world where Russian oligarchs refer to litigation as “lawfare”, in this podcast we look at the issues arising where personal commercial rivalries are played out in spurious litigation. We go on to consider the new phenomenon of malicious prosecution claims arising from big money divorces, touching finally on the professional liability exposure of lawyers who have acted for the tortfeasor in maliciously prosecuted or abusive civil proceedings.