COST BITES 417: THE LIABILITY FOR COSTS OF EACH CLAIMANT WHEN A MULTI-CLAIMANT ACTION WAS DISCONTINUED: BEING PART OF SUCH AN ACTION MAY NOT BE CHEAP…

There has been much publicity recently about liability for costs when "multi-claimant" actions fail, are struck out or discontinued. We have a case that considers those issues here, albeit on a relatively small scale.  Each claimant was liable to pay costs. The Master held that for part of the perio...