Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2011] All ER (D) 63 (Apr)
Neutral Citation: [2011] EWHC 849 (QB)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge: Judge Behrens sitting as a judge of the High Court
Representation Mark Friston (instructed by Karen Blackmore) for the claimant.
  The defendants did not appear and were not represented.
  Michael Rimer (instructed by the Legal Services Commission) for the intervener.
Judgment Dates: 4 April 2011

Catchwords

House of Lords - Costs - Application for costs or expenses against legally-aided party - Application for costs by successful respondent - Whether successful respondent could recover against intervener costs incurred in successfully defending appeal - Community Legal Service (Cost Protection) Regulations 2000, , reg 5(2).

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House of Lords Costs. The Queen's Bench Division held that the authority could not recover costs it had incurred in successfully defending in the House of Lords an appeal by the defendant at a time when he had the benefit of funding from the intervener.

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