The Weekly Law Reports
[2023] 4 WLR 47
Privy Council
Responsible Development for Abaco Ltd
v
Christie and others[On appeal from the Court of Appeal of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas]
[2023] UKPC 2
2022 Nov 16, 17; 2023 Jan 31
Lord Sales, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lady Rose, Lord Richards JJSC
Costs— Security for costs— Appeal— Claimant company objecting to marina development in Bahamas on environmental grounds— Judicial review proceedings against government defendants and developers alleging withholding of information and failure to consult— Claimant ordered to pay security for costs— Whether order breaching claimant’s right of access to court— Whether claim raising issues of public importance needing to be determined— Whether separate order for developers justified— Proper approach to security for costs in public interest environmental judicial review claims
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