COST BITES 297: THE NATURE OF COSTS CONSIDERED IN THE SUPREME COURT – WHICH GOES BACK TO FIRST PRINCIPLES: “THE EXPRESSION”LEGAL COSTS” HAS A RESTRICTED MEANING”: COSTS HAD TO BE PAID IN STERLING

It is very unusual for issues relating to costs to reach the Supreme Court.  There was such a case yesterday. The Court considered whether a paying party was liable to pay costs in sterling or the domestic currency of the receiving party. This caused the court to set out some fundamental principles ...