COSTS, PROPORTIONALITY AND GETTING THE BUNDLES RIGHT: TAKE EVERYTHING OUT OF COURT NOW AND COME BACK TOMORROW
An earlier post reported on the observations of Mostyn J in J-v-J in relation to costs, proportionality and bundles. If you take the indignation and sense of outrage expressed in J-v-J about costs, preparation and bundles, and then quadruple it,…
COSTS INCURRED PRE-BUDGET ARE HIGHLY RELEVANT: FUTURE COSTS COULD BE DRASTICALLY REDUCED
In Redfern -v- Corby Borough Council (QBD 03/12/2014)* Judge Seymour QC upheld the decision of a deputy master that the amount of costs already incurred had a major impact upon the future costs budget. THE CLAIM The claimant was brining…

