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Excalibur Ventures LLC v Texas Keystone Inc

[2016] EWCA Civ 1144
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtEngland and Wales Court of Appeal
Year2016
StatusBinding authority

Summary

A litigation funder with sufficient connection to proceedings may be ordered to pay indemnity costs under s.51 Senior Courts Act 1981 where just to do so.

Key Principle

A non-party who funds litigation may be ordered to pay indemnity costs under s.51 of the Senior Courts Act 1981; the funder must have a sufficient connection to the proceedings and the costs order must be just.

Area of Law

procedure

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