WASTED COSTS ORDER MADE AGAINST SOLICITORS WHO DID NOT ENSURE THAT THEY HAD APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF A COMPANY

In Rushbrooke UK Ltd v 4 Designs Concept Ltd [2022] EWHC 1687 (Ch)  HHJ Paul Matthews (sitting as a High Court Judge) made a wasted costs order against a firm of solicitors who had acted for a limited company without checking to see whether the person instructed them had appropriate authority to do ...