COST BITES 461: “LOSING PARTY” SHOULD PAY COSTS AT THE END OF HEARING, DESPITE HAVING BEEN GRANTED PERMISSION TO APPEAL

This case emphasises the importance of the "pay as you go" principle in civil litigation.  The applicants had failed at an interlocutory application.  They were equally unsuccessful in their attempts to persuade the judge that they should not pay the (substantial) costs of the application immediatel...