{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-25.28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-25.28.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/25.28",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "25.28",
  "heading": "Security for costs other than from the claimant",
  "text": "The defendant may seek a security for costs order against a person other than the claimant, and the court may make such an order, if—\n(a) the court is satisfied, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, that it is just to make such an order;\n(b) the person has assigned the right to the claim to the claimant with a view to avoiding the possibility of a costs order being made against them, or has contributed or agreed to contribute to the claimant’s costs in return for a share of any recovery in the proceedings; and\n(c) the person is someone against whom a costs order may be made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 25 substituted (6.4.2025) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2025 (S.I. 2025/106), rule 1(1), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/25.28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}