The Weekly Law Reports
[2021] 4 WLR 101
Court of Appeal
Goknur Gida Maddeleri Enerji Imalet Ithalat Ihracat Tiracet ve Sanayi AS v Aytacli
[2021] EWCA Civ 1037
2021 June 29;
July 13
July 13
Lewison, Coulson, Dingemans LJJ
Costs— Discretion of court— Application against non-party— Director of insolvent company controlling and funding company’s unsuccessful litigation— Whether director personally liable for company’s costs liabilities— Whether necessary to establish director benefitting personally or acting in bad faith or improperly— Whether bad faith or impropriety having insignificant effect on applicant’s incurred costs on its own capable of justifying order—
Senior Courts Act 1981 (c 54), s 51
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