(Irish High Court) The court faced the first application for a Protective Costs Order (PCO) in the High Court of Ireland.
Held: There was jurisdiction to make such an order, but it was difficult in the abstract to identify the type or types of cases in which the interests of justice would require the court to deal with costs in the manner indicated by a PCO and it would be unwise to attempt to do so. The principles in ex p CPAG seemed to meet the fundamental rubric that the interests of justice should require a PCO to be made. An order was not made in this case.
Judges:
Laffoy J
Citations:
[2000] 4 IR 321
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Approved – Regina v Lord Chancellor’s Department ex parte Child Poverty Action Group Admn 6-Feb-1998
The claimant sought an order with regard to its costs in an anticipated application to the court. The application was refused. Requests in a public interest action for an advance order for costs could only be awarded in very exceptional . .
Cited by:
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.
International, Costs, Administrative
Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.223263