Partner and Head of our Disputes team, Geraint Thomas is featured in the Times’ Lawyer of the Week after advising Dr Monks on his High Court action resulting in North Northamptonshire Council agreeing to pay substantial damages to Dr Monks.
Dr Monks, a former pub landlord lost his business, his home and his health after East Northamptonshire Council prosecuted him in 1999 over alleged food safety offences at the Snooty Fox Public House in Lowick.
The settlement concludes a High Court action brought by Dr Monks in 2019 in which he alleged that East Northamptonshire Council pursued a vendetta against him through the courts amounting to abuse of process. Our enquiries suggest that the last time a claimant successfully recovered damages for “abuse of process” was 1861.
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