Security for costs

L v O [2024] EWFC 6

Judgment date: 05 February 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/6 Cobb J. Interlocutory applications prior to substantive Barder hearing. Applications for stay and Hadkinson order dismissed. Application for security of costs granted owing to residence outside the jurisdiction. Background H is a foreign national of country X,

Y v Z [2024] EWFC 4

Judgment date: 16 January 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2024/4.html Peel J’s determination of M’s Schedule 1 application against F, who is a member of a Middle Eastern royal family. M’s application for financial provision under Schedule 1 of the Children

Security for Costs in Family Proceedings

Security for Costs in Family Proceedings

In MG v AR [2021] EWHC 3063 (Fam), Mostyn J made an order providing security for costs. Such orders are more frequently made in civil proceedings, where ‘costs follow the event’ and costs orders are made in favour of the successful party. An application for security for costs is an

MG v AR [2021] EWHC 3133 (Fam)

Judgment date: 16 November 2021 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2021/3063.html Mostyn J. In the first reported judgment on security for costs since the advent of the FPR, Mostyn J gives a helpful review of the applicable principles in family cases. Unlike in civil case