Non-Party Costs Orders - A Guide for Litigators

Introduction

This area of the law is one of continuing uncertainty due to the court’s wide discretion.

This short webinar will provide an understanding of the law concerning non-party costs orders. Without this, clients may miss out on the opportunity to recover costs from a non-party in cases where the other party cannot pay, or may risk exposure to a non-party costs order.

What You Will Learn

This short webinar will cover the following:

• The basis of the legal jurisdiction to award costs of litigation against non-parties
• Potential targets for non party costs orders including funders, insurers, credit hire companies, solicitors, experts
• What does ‘exceptional’ mean?
• Being ‘the real party to the litigation’
• The key issues including funding, control, benefit and the role of causation - as set against the background of the court’s wide discretion
• Overlap with security for costs
• Practical tips

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Thursday 21st August 2025

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