The Katcher I (No 2)

Subject Matter

ADMIRALTY — Costs — Amount recovered — Less than £1,000 recovered in salvage action in High Court — Whether case fit to be tried otherwise than in county court — Effect on order for costs — County Courts Act, 1959, s 60

[1969] P 72; [1969] 2 WLR 401

COSTS — Costs follow event — Discretion of court — Amount recovered in salvage action in High Court less than £1,000 — Reasonable grounds for supposing that more than £1,000 would be recovered — Principles on which discretion exercised

[1969] P 72; [1969] 2 WLR 401

COSTS — Payment into court — Salvage — Payment in of £500 in salvage action in High Court taken out by plaintiff — Effect on order for costs

[1969] P 72; [1969] 2 WLR 401