The claimant supporters’ club had brought an action to prevent a substantial shareholder in the first defendant company from selling off land owned by the club for no consideration. The parties had reached a settlement after a protracted claim seeking to prevent a director of a holding company from assigning land belong to the Football club without consideration. The claimants now appealed against a limited order for costs in their favour.
Held: The judge had erred. The trust should have all its costs as against the director, and then on a standard basis and as against the company on an indemnity basis.
Judges:
Arden LJ, Patten LJ, Briggs J
Citations:
[2010] EWCA Civ 463
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Trendtex Trading Corporation v Credit Suisse HL 1981
A party had purported to sue having taken an assignment of a dishonoured letter of credit, in the context of the abolition of maintenance and champerty as crimes and torts in the 1967 Act.
Held: The assignment was struck down as champertous, . .
Cited – Bartlett v Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd (Nos 1 and 2) ChD 1980
A claim was made against a trustee for compensation for losses incurred during the administration of the trust.
Held: For a court to order an account by a trustee on the basis of wilful default, and make the defendant liable not only for . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Costs
Updated: 02 September 2022; Ref: scu.409980
