Tasarruf Mevduati Sigorta Fonu Plainttiff v 1. Merril Lynch Bank and Trust Company (Cayman) Ltd 2. Kaffee Ltd 3. Barla Finance Ltd 4. Cumur Cash Ltd 5. Medro Ltd 6. Yahya Murat Demirel Defendants Tasarruf Mevduati Sigorta Fonu Plaintiff v 1. Merril Lynch Bank and Trust Company (Cayman) Ltd 7. Kaffee Ltd 8. Barla Finance Ltd 9. Cumur Cash Ltd 10. Medro Ltd 11. Yahya Murat Demirel Defendants
Jurisdiction | Cayman Islands |
Judge | Chief Justice Anthony Smellie |
Judgment Date | 29 June 2009 |
Court | Grand Court (Cayman Islands) |
Docket Number | Cause No. 555 Of 2005 |
Date | 29 June 2009 |
Chief Justice Anthony Smellie
TMSF as a lawful judgment creditor has been compelled at every turn to take whatever steps the law allows to obtain satisfaction of its judgment debt.
Its latest attempt to do so by seeking the appointment of receivers by way of equitable execution over trust property has failed as against the Trusts, but the obligation is still owed by Mr. Demeril himself.
Limited receivership orders are to be made over any payments out from the Trusts which may be made for Mr. DemeriTs benefit and so to that extent TMSF has had limited success.
While it was conceded by Mr Meeson QC on Mr. Demeril's behalf, that such limited orders could be made, that concession came only at the hearing itself when the wider receivership appointment was sought. The concession would have served therefore to avoid only a fraction, and I would think not a very large fraction, of the costs of that contest.
As costs remain a matter of discretion, I think that I am allowed to take account of the foregoing factors as against the basic rule that costs usually follow the event, even if the event here were to be defined in terms of Mr. Demeril's and the Trustee's success in respect of the wider receivership orders which TMSF tried unsuccessfully to obtain: seeR v Immigration Board, Ex Parte Kirk Freeport Plaza Ltd: 1996 CILR Note 1.
In my view, the costs should be borne as follows:
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(i) As between TMSF and Mr. Demerit there shall be no order, leaving each side to bear its own costs (albeit Mr. Demeril is to be allowed from the Trust Fund on the basis of an existing injunctive order).
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(ii) As between TMSF and the Trustee, the Trustee to have its costs on the ordinary basis, to be taxed if not agreed, with the Trustee being allowed to...
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