TRIAL HAD NOT "COMMENCED" : ADDITIONAL LIABILITY NOT 100%: HIGH COURT DECISION ON COSTS
In James -v- Ireland [2015] EWHC 1259 (QB) Mrs Justice Slade DBE overturned an earlier decision that a trial had commenced and the claimant was entitled to 100% uplift in costs. (The uplift in costs resulted in a sum of…
TRIAL BUNDLES, SEDLEY'S LAWS AND DOCUMENTARY CARPET BOMBING
“Sedley’s Laws” of trial bundles were mentioned by Mr Justice Turner in Griffiths -v- The Secretary of State for Health [2015]. Another example of over-sized trial bundles. “CPR 1.3 imposes a duty upon the parties to help the court to…
