COSTS OF £7 MILLION: PART 36 BITES HARD ON CLAIMANTS WHO CLEARED A FIRST HURDLE BUT FELL AT THE SECOND

If anyone ever needed a lesson on the risks of litigation they should read the judgment of Mr Justice Eder in Ted Baker plc -v- Axa Insurances UK Plc [2014] EWHC 4178 (Comm). THE CASE There had been a preliminary trial on liability (part 1) in which the claimants succeeded in establishing a potentia...