WHAT IS THE POSITION WHEN LEGAL COSTS ARE CLAIMED AS A HEAD OF DAMAGES?

The case of Rentokil Initial -v- Goodman Derrick LLP [2014] EWHC 2994 (Ch) was looked at in the previous post in relation to evidence.  However it also raised an interesting issue as to the approach a court should take when a party is claiming legal costs, paid to resolve a transaction, as part of t...