PART 20E+WINTERIM REMEDIES AND SECURITY FOR COSTS

CHAPTER 2E+WSECURITY FOR COSTS

Conditions to be satisfiedE+W

20.7.—(1) The court may make an order for security for costs under rule 20.6 if—

(a)it is satisfied, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, that it is just to make such an order; and

(b)either—

(i)one or more of the conditions in paragraph (2) applies; or

(ii)an enactment permits the court to require security for costs.

(2) The conditions are—

(a)the applicant is—

(i)resident out of the jurisdiction; F1...

F1(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)the applicant has changed address since the application was started with a view to evading the consequences of the litigation;

(c)the applicant failed to give an address in the application form, or gave an incorrect address in that form;

(d)the applicant has taken steps in relation to the applicant's assets that would make it difficult to enforce an order for costs against the applicant.

(3) The court may not make an order for security for costs under rule 20.6 in relation to the costs of proceedings under the 1980 Hague Convention.

(Rule 4.4 allows the court to strike out(GL) a statement of case.)

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