| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2012] All ER (D) 185 (Jan) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2011] EWHC 3464 (TCC) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division, Technology and Construction Court |
| Judge: | Akenhead J |
| Representation | Camille Slow (instructed by Ellis Taylor Law LLP) for the claimant. |
| Jonathan Selby (instructed by Weightmans LLP) for the defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 22 December 2011 |
Catchwords
Costs - Security for costs - Company - Claimant company bringing proceedings against defendant company claiming sums due pursuant to building contract - Defendant disputing sums due and contending overpayment made - Defendant issuing application for security for costs - Parties reaching agreement - Claimant providing security - Defendant subsequently issuing further application for security for costs - Whether further security requirement to be ordered.
The Case
Costs Security for costs. Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court): In allowing an application for further security for costs, the court had not been satisfied, inter alia, that there would be a stifling of the claim by that further security requirement and the claimant was accordingly ordered to pay into court an additional sum of 36,000.
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