RESPONDENTS CANNOT BE ORDERED TO PAY THE COSTS OF OTHER RESPONDENTS WHEN THERE WAS NO DISPUTE BETWEEN THEM

In  Elser v Sands & Ors [2022] EWHC 1419 (Ch) Chief ICC Judge Briggs held that the court did not have power to order one respondent's costs to be paid by other respondents.   There was nothing in dispute between them and there was no successful party.

  "In my judgment the term "parties" i...