It can be proper to award costs against a third party to an action where his behaviour had fallen short of strictly maintaining the action. Here a husband had funded his wife’s defence knowing that she would be unable to support any order for costs against her, he had identified very closely with the defence, and his evidence had been seen to be partial and indifferent to the factual issues, and the court had dismissed the facts alleged to underpin the defence proffered.
Lawrence Collins DJ
Times 29-Feb-2000, [1999] EWHC 261 (Ch)
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See Also – Locabail (UK) Ltd, Regina v Bayfield Properties Ltd CA 17-Nov-1999
Adverse Comments by Judge Need not be Show of Bias
In five cases, leave to appeal was sought on the basis that a party had been refused disqualification of judges on grounds of bias. The court considered the circumstances under which a fear of bias in a court may prove to be well founded: ‘The mere . .
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Cited – Smithkline Beecham Plc and Advertising Standards Authority Admn 21-Dec-2000
The appellants sold a soft drink. They advertised it using a toothbrush as part of the image. They also said ‘Ribena Toothkind does not encourage tooth decay’, and cited support from the British Dental Association. The Authority held that this . .
See Also – Locabail (UK) Ltd, Regina v Bayfield Properties Ltd CA 17-Nov-1999
Adverse Comments by Judge Need not be Show of Bias
In five cases, leave to appeal was sought on the basis that a party had been refused disqualification of judges on grounds of bias. The court considered the circumstances under which a fear of bias in a court may prove to be well founded: ‘The mere . .
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Updated: 11 December 2021; Ref: scu.83130