Lord Hardwicke said: ‘The giving of costs in equity is entirely discretionary and is not at all conformable to the rule at law.’
Judges:
Lord Hardwicke
Citations:
(1742) Atk 400
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Andrews v Barnes CA 12-Jun-1888
The parish vicar and his churchwardens brought an action to recover a small sum paid to the members of a local committee for charitable purposes, saying the gift had been made subject to a condition which it proved impossible to fulfil.
Held: . .
Cited – Corner House Research, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CA 1-Mar-2005
The applicant sought to bring an action to challenge new rules on approval of export credit guarantees. The company was non-profit and founded to support investigation of bribery. It had applied for a protected costs order to support the . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Costs, Equity
Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.223266
