COST BITES 458 : SHOULD A COURT ORDER A THIRD PARTY TO PAY THE COSTS? CAN (OR SHOULD) AN ORDER BE MADE FOR PAYMENT BY BITCOIN? THE COURT OF APPEAL HAS ITS DOUBTS…

Here we look at specific issues as to the payment of  costs arising from cryptocurrency, Bitcoin in particular.  Firstly the costs order made had the effect of ordering a party (who had not been ordered to pay costs) to, in fact, pay such costs. Secondly the order effectively meant that payment was ...