SARPD Oil International Ltd v Addax Energy SA [2015] EWHC 2426 (Comm); [2016] EWCA Civ 120

Insights by Penningtons Manches: Securing costs

Clare Arthurs and Nicole Finlayson take a look at some recent costs cases ‘It is evident from the judgment in Premier Motorauctions that the existence of ATE insurance will be taken into account by the court when assessing a claimant‘s ability to pay an adverse costs order.‘ As the nights drew in, the end of …

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Costs: Costs management and detailed assessment

Paul Jones discusses the degree judges are bound by the approved costs budget ‘Budgets are intended to provide a form of control rather than a licence to conduct litigation in an unnecessarily expensive way.’ Costs budgets were a central pillar of Lord Justice Jackson’s civil litigation reforms with the stated intention that they would deliver …

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Orders For Payment: Arguments over the bill

Nicholas Lee discusses the issues surrounding payments on account of costs ‘Where interim costs orders are to be subject to detailed assessment at the conclusion of the proceedings, there seems to be no reason in principle why the court cannot order a payment on account of such costs.’In April 2013 the provisions within the CPR …

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Costs: Secure secrets

Michelle Radom looks at security for costs and the secretive defendant ‘Although a claimant does not have to voluntarily fill in the gaps of a defendant’s knowledge in order to support an application for security for costs, and deliberate reticence is not a breach of the rules, it was held that the court can and …

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