Bullock Order

Bullock Order in United Kingdom

Definition of Bullock Order

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Bullock Order : (from the case Bullock v London General Omnibus Co. (1907))

A form of order for the payment of costs in civil cases sometimes made when the claimant has, in the court’s opinion, reasonably sued two defendants but has succeeded against only one of them. The order requires the claimant to pay the successful defendant’s costs but allows him to include these costs in those payable to him by the unsuccessful defendant. It should be distinguished from a Sanderson order (from the case Sanderson v Blyth Theatre Co., 1903), in which the unsuccessful defendant is ordered to pay the costs of the successful defendant directly. A Sanderson order is generally more advantageous to the claimant, but will not be ordered if, for example, the unsuccessful defendant is insolvent, because the successful defendant would thereby be deprived of his costs.


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