BRISTOL & WEST PLC v MAGANIAL NANJI BHADRESA BRISTOL & WEST PLC v BERNARD C MASCARENHAS

[1999] Lloyd's Rep PN 11

CHANCERY DIVISION

Before Mr Justice Lightman

Costs - Costs against non-party - Supreme Court Act 1981, section 51 - Actions against defendant solicitors for damages for professional negligence - Defendants indemnified against claim under statutory indemnity scheme - Defences funded from Solicitors Indemnity Fund for substantial period - Cover withdrawn owing to defendants’ dishonesty - Judgments for costs unsatisfied by defendants - Applications against scheme administrator for costs for period when funding action - Whether scheme administrator exposed to such applications - If so, circumstances in which such applications may succeed.