Section 25.27

The court may make an order for security for costs if— it is satisfied, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, that it is just to make such an order; and either an enactment permits the court to require security for costs, or one or more of the following conditions apply— the claimant is resident out of the jurisdiction; the claimant is a company or other body (whether incorporated inside or outside England and Wales) and there is reason to believe that it will be unable to pay the defendant’s costs if ordered to do so; the claimant has changed their address since the claim was commenced with a view to evading the consequences of the litigation; the claimant failed to give their address in the claim form, or gave an incorrect address; the claimant is acting as a nominal claimant, other than as a representative claimant under Part 19, and there is reason to believe that they will be unable to pay the defendant’s costs if ordered to do so; the claimant has taken steps in relation to their assets that would make it difficult to enforce an order for costs against them.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-08-15