TAKING A DIM VIEW OF THE COSTS BUDGET: STRONG WORDS FROM THE TCC: THE PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES OF OVERBLOWING THE BUDGET

In CIP Properties (AIPT) Limited -v- Galliford Try Infrastructure Ltd [2015] EWHC 481 (TCC) Mr Justice Coulson had strong words to say about the reliability, reasonableness and proportionality of the claimant's costs budget. The judge was faced with a very high costs budget which he found to be unre...