NON-PARTY COSTS ORDERS: WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A PARTY’S SOLICITOR BEING INVOLVED IN THE COMPANY AGAINST WHICH A COSTS ORDER IS SOUGHT?

Many, if not all, of those involved in credit hire legislation will already have read the Court of Appeal decision last week with care.  The Court also considered the question of whether the fact that there are close commercial, or family, connections between the third parties and the claimant's sol...