| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2003] All ER (D) 349 (Dec) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2003] EWHC 3162 (Ch) |
| Court: | Chancery Division |
| Judge: | Lawrence Collins J |
| Representation | Anthony Peto and Tom Weisselberg (instructed by Jones Day) for the claimants. |
| Edward Bannister QC and Sharif Shivji (instructed by Clifford Harris & Co) for the first, second, third and fourth defendants. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 18 December 2003 |
Catchwords
Practice and procedure - Civil procedure rules - Pre-trial review - Applications for amendment and security for costs - Consideration of relevant facts and rules - CPR 3.1(5), 3.8, 3.9.
The Case
On the claimants' application for, inter alia, security for costs in a pre-trial review, the court ordered, inter alia, that the defendants pay 75,000 into court as security for the claimants' costs pursuant to CPR 3.8, or alternatively, CPR 3.1(5), on the ground that the defendants had continuously failed to comply with the rules and numerous court orders with wholly inadequate explanations.
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