Newman (t/a 'Newman Associates) v Wenden Properties Ltd & Anor, Court of Appeal - Technology and Construction Court, February 16, 2007, [2007] EWHC 336 (TCC)

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Newman (t/a 'Newman Associates) v Wenden Properties Ltd & Anor, Court of Appeal - Technology and Construction Court, February 16, 2007, [2007] EWHC 336 (TCC)

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Neutral Citation Number: [2007] EWHC 336 (TCC)

Case No: HT-06-2778

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION COURT

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: Friday, 16 February, 2007

Before:

HIS HONOUR JUDGE PETER COULSON Q.C.

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Mr Sean Brannigan (instructed by Messrs. Beale & Co., Bristol), for the Claimant/Part 20 Defendant

Mr Paul Letman (instructed by Messrs. Finers Stephens Innocent), for the Defendant/Part 20 Claimant.

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Judgment

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Judge Peter Coulson QC:

INTRODUCTION

1. This is the hearing of the Claimant/Part 20 Defendant's application for security of costs in respect of the Defendant/Part 20 Claimant's counterclaim. The sum sought is £200,000 in respect of the costs of defending the counterclaim up to the final disposition of the action; alternatively, £75,000 up to the exchange of witness statements, or £45,000 up to the end of any preliminary issue hearing to determine the extent of the Claimant's contractual obligations to th...

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