Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2004] All ER (D) 116 (Oct)
Court: Chancery Division
Judge:

Blackburne J

Representation Ashley Roughton (instructed Cripps Harries Hall) for the claimant.
  Mark Chacksfield (instructed by Bright & Sons) for the first defendant.
  Denise McFarland (instructed by Olswang) for the second defendant.
Judgment Dates: 11 October 2004

Catchwords

Civil costs - Order for costs - Discretion - Claimant acting precipitously - Justification for ordering costs against claimant.

The Case

The defendants' application for their costs of, and incidental to, the claimant's without notice application for relief was allowed on the basis that the claimant had acted precipitously and without sufficient justification in its application.

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