COSTS AT THE END OF THE CASE: THE JUDGE CAN MAKE OBSERVATIONS ABOUT MATTERS OUTSIDE THE COSTS BUDGET

The judgment of H.H. Judge Simon Brown Q.C in Excelerate Technology Ltd -v- Cumberbatch [2015] EWHC B1 Mercantile contains some interesting observations at the end. This illustrates the need for trial counsel to be aware of both the costs budget and the need to ask the trial judge to consider matter...