The taxpayer could end up paying more than £4m after a High Court judge ordered South Tees Development Corporation (STDC) and Teesworks Ltd to pay a port company’s legal costs after they brought unsuccessful litigation over land access rights.
A hearing was held at the High Court on Wednesday to decide on costs after Mr Justice Rajah determined in February that Teesport operator PD Ports had successfully argued they had access rights across three routes at the former Redcar steelworks site. The judge ruled the Ben Houchen-chaired
has so far spent £3.1m on the failed action. argued the offer was made without enough notice to be able to agree to its terms before the trial. Mr Justice Rajah discounted 10 per cent of PD Ports’ legal costs for each of
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