TURVILL v BIRD AND OTHERS

[2016] BLR 522

COURT OF APPEAL(CIVIL DIVISION)

Before Lord Justice Gross,Lord Justice Hamblen

Costs – Non-party costs orders – Senior Courts Act 1981, section 51(3) – Exercise of discretion – Insolvent defendant company – No prospect of paying costs – Order against controlling shareholder – Dissipation of insurance proceeds – Deprivation of claim under Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 1930 – Misleading the court – Serious impropriety – Extent necessary to prove causation of loss.