COST BITES 104: “THE LATEST BATTLE IN A WIDER FORENSIC LEGAL WAR”: DEFENDANT NOT ENTITLED TO NON-PARTY COSTS ORDER AGAINST A COMPANY IT ASSERTED WAS “THE REAL PARTY” IN THE DISPUTE

In the judgment given today in Soares v Wilson [2023] EW Misc 11 (CC) HHJ Luba KC rejected an application that costs be paid by a non-party. The defendant's application that a PLC pay the costs of the action because it was part of a group the encompassed the claimant's solicitors, counsel and the hi...