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McDonald and Others v Horn and Others: ChD 12 Oct 1993

A pre-emptive costs order is possible where Plaintiffs are impecunious but the case is very strong.

Citations:

Times 12-Oct-1993

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

Appeal fromMcDonald and Others v Horn and Others CA 8-Aug-1994
A court may make a pre-emptive award of costs to pension fund members who wished to sue the trustees. Hoffmann LJ said: ‘if one looks at the economic relationships involved, there does seem to me to be a compelling analogy between a minority . .
Cited3 Individual Present Professional Trustees of 2 Trusts v an Infant Prospective Beneficiary of One Trust and others ChD 25-Jul-2007
The parties challenged under the 198 Act the right of trustees to seek a Beddoe order protecting themselves against an award of costs. . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Employment, Costs, Litigation Practice

Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.83523

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