THE COURT PREVENTED THE DEFENDANTS FROM MAKING ANY FURTHER APPLICATIONS IN THE CASE UNTIL THEY HAD COMPLIED WITH PREVIOUS COURT ORDERS: A PROPORTIONATE USE OF THE COURT’S CASE MANAGEMENT POWERS

Here we have a case where the court considered, in detail, the appropriate response of the court when a party had failed to comply with previous court orders as to payment of costs.  The result was that the defendants in this case were prevented from making any further applications to the court unti...