NON-PARTY COSTS ORDER MADE AGAINST CAR HIRE FIRM: ANOTHER SKIRMISH IN A FORENSIC WAR
The opening words of Mr Justice Turner’s judgment in Select Car Rentals (North West) Limited -v- Esure Services Limited [2017] EWHC 1434 (QB) contain an undeniable truth. The judge was upholding a decision to award costs against a car hire…
THIRD PARTY FUNDING: YOU WANT THE PROFITS YOU TAKE THE RISKS: EXCALIBUR IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
In Excalibur Ventures LLC -v- Texas Keystone LLC [2016] EWCA Civ 1144 the Court of Appeal confirmed that commercial funders are liable to indemnify on the indemnity costs basis. “I can see no principled basis upon which the funder can…
CLAIMANT MUST REVEAL IDENTITY OF THIRD PARTY FUNDERS: HIGH COURT DECISION
In Wall -v- The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC [2016] EWHC 2460 (Comm) (Mr Andrew Baker QC sitting as a High Court Judge) the claimant was ordered to reveal the identity of third party funders. KEY POINTS The court has…
APPLICATION TO DISCLOSE THIRD PARTY FUNDER REFUSED
The opening passages of the judgment of H.H. Judge Keyser Q.C. in Dawnus Sierra Leone Limited -v- Timis Mining Corporation Limited [2016] EWHC B19 (TCC) deal with the issue of disclosure of details of third party funding. KEY POINTS A…
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