Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2004] All ER (D) 97 (Sep)
Court: Commercial Court
Judge:

Langley J

Representation Nicholas Bacon (instructed by Addleshaw Goddard) for the claimant.
  Ewan McQuater QC (instructed by Withers) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 16 September 2004

Catchwords

Civil costs - Security for costs - Company - Reason to believe company unable to pay defendant's costs if ordered to do so - CPR 25.12, 25.13, SI 1998/3132.

The Case

In the circumstances of the case, the defendant had established that that there was reason to believe that the claimant company would be unable to pay the defendant's costs if ordered to do so. An order for security for costs was, accordingly, made in the sum of 550,000.

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