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COSTS BUDGETING, PROPORTIONALITY AND GROUP LITIGATION

December 7, 2015 · by gexall · in Costs, Costs budgeting, Group Litigation Orders, Members Content, Uncategorized

In Various Claimants -v- Sir Robert McAlpine & others [2015] EWHC 3543 (QB) Mr Justice Supperstone (sitting with Master Leslie & Chief Master Gordon Saker) considered costs budgeting within a Group Litigation Order. “Recognising that this is a complex case…

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