Perhaps a legal eagle could tell me. If you put your name to a legal case which you lose, are you not then partially responsible for the (large at High court) costs that could be awarded to the other side?
I have some experience of how court cases work as I do get involved in litigation as part of my professional work, but I am not a lawyer.
Before anyone even thinks of joining the case as a claimant they
must get clarity from BASSA (correction: in writing from the lawyers handling the case) on the position on court costs (which are going to be a 6-7 figure sum, we're not talking about a couple of hundred quid...). I believe if you are a joint-claimant you are theoretically proportionally liable for any costs. Happy to proved wrong by a lawyer.